Irreversibly increased nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium experimentally adapted to elevated carbon dioxide

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hutchins, David A ^a   Walworth, Nathan G ^a   Webb, Eric A ^a   Saito, Mak A ^b   Moran, Dawn ^b   McIlvin, Matthew R ^b   Gale, Jasmine ^a   Fu, Fei Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TRICHODESMIUM; ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSCILLATORIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

TRICHODESMIUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSCILLATORIA; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84940646777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9155     Document Type: Article

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