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Epiphytic cyanobacteria of the seagrass Cymodocea rotundata: diversity, diel nifH expression and nitrogenase activity.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Jun 2013
Hamisi Mariam, Díez Beatriz, Lyimo Thomas, Ininbergs Karolina, Bergman Birgitta
Abstract excerpt
Seagrasses are photoautotrophic, ecologically important components of many globally widespread coastal ecosystems, in which combined nitrogen may limit their production. We examined the biodiversity and diazotrophic capacity of microbial epiphytes associated with the phyllosphere of the seagrass Cymodocea rotundata of the Western Indian Ocean. Light microscopy, 16S rRNA and nifH gene analysis revealed the...
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