Nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with copepods in coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3754-3765

  Scavotto, Rosemary E ^a   Dziallas, Claudia ^b   Bentzon Tilia, Mikkel ^b   Riemann, Lasse ^b   Moisander, Pia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; COPEPOD; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENMARK; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENMARK; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ENGLAND; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEAWATER; VIBRIO;

EID: 85027917740     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12777     Document Type: Article

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