Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs mediate dinitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts during early crust formation

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 287-298

  Pepe Ranney, Charles ^a   Koechli, Chantal ^a   Potrafka, Ruth ^b   Andam, Cheryl ^a   Eggleston, Erin ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^b   Buckley, Daniel H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CLOSTRIDIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; IDEONELLA; KLEBSIELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHIGELLA;

NITROGEN;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84955214852     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.106     Document Type: Article

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