Metatranscriptomics of N2-fixing cyanobacteria in the Amazon River plume

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1557-1569

  Hilton, Jason A ^a   Satinsky, Brandon M ^b   Doherty, Mary ^c   Zielinski, Brian ^d   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RIVER PLUME; RNA; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER MASS;

AMAZON RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA; HEMIAULUS; RICHELIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

NITROGEN; SEA WATER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84932192866     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.240     Document Type: Article

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