Temporal patterns of nitrogenase gene (nifH) expression in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean
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The presence and expression of specific planktonic nitrogenase genes (nifH) in upper ocean at Station ALOHA in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean is examined. The results indicate that in the nitrogen-impoverished waters of the subtropical North Pacific Ocean several different bacterial groups help regulate biological N2 fixation in the upper ocean and that the specialized activities of different diazotroph groups may permit fixed nitrogen inputs at various times of day and night.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Spatial and temporal distribution of two diazotrophic bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay
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Spatial and temporal distribution of two diazotrophs in Chesapeake Bay was investigated using a quantitative PCR approach, for initiating autecological studies on uncultivated natural populations of diazotrophic bacteria and to detect the presence of specific bacteria encoding nifH throughout Chesapeake Bay. The individual nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay show a distinct nonrandom spatial and seasonal distribution.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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Fingerprinting diazotroph communities in the Chesapeake Bay by using a DNA macroarray
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DNA arrays have been developed and applied to study the dynamics of microbial communities and genes encoding enzymes involved in specific biogeochemical processes. A study using a recently developed DNA macroarray approach to compare the distribution of nifH gene phylotypes in a transect of surface water samples from the Chesapeake Bay, is presented.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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