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Environmental constraints underpin the distribution and phylogenetic diversity of nifH in the Yellowstone geothermal complex.
Microbial ecology - 1 May 2011
Hamilton Trinity L, Boyd Eric S, Peters John W
Abstract excerpt
Biological nitrogen fixation is a keystone process in many ecosystems, providing bioavailable forms of fixed nitrogen for members of the community. In the present study, degenerate primers targeting the nitrogenase iron protein-encoding gene (nifH) were designed and employed to investigate the physical and chemical parameters that underpin the distribution and diversity of nifH as a proxy for nitrogen-fixing...
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