Simple approach for the preparation of 15-15N2-enriched water for nitrogen fixation assessments: Evaluation, application and recommendations

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Klawonn, Isabell ^a   Lavik, Gaute ^b   Böning, Philipp ^c   Marchant, Hannah K ^b   Dekaezemacker, Julien ^b   Mohr, Wiebke ^b   Ploug, Helle ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

15N2 gas; Cyanobacteria; Gas solubility; Gas liquid solution; Iron; N2 fixation; Nodularia spumigena; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULARIA; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84941005626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00769     Document Type: Article

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