Aerobic and anaerobic nitrogen transformation processes in N2-fixing cyanobacterial aggregates

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1456-1466

  Klawonn, Isabell ^a   Bonaglia, Stefano ^a   Brüchert, Volker ^a   Ploug, Helle ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COEXISTENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

BALTIC STATES; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BALTIC STATES; CYANOBACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84929656119     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.232     Document Type: Article

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