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Trichodesmium Has Cells Specialized for Nitrogen Fixation but Lacks Heterocysts

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dc.creator Bergman, Birgitta
dc.creator Fredriksson, C.
dc.creator Janson, S.
dc.creator Carpenter, Edward
dc.creator Paerl, Hans
dc.creator Lugomela, Charles
dc.date 2016-06-26T17:11:10Z
dc.date 2016-06-26T17:11:10Z
dc.date 1997
dc.identifier Bergman, B., Fredriksson, C., Janson, S., Carpenter, E.J., Paerl, H. and Lugomela, C., 1997. Trichodesmium Has Cells Specialized for Nitrogen Fixation but Lacks Heterocysts. In Biological Fixation of Nitrogen for Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture (pp. 167-173). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2693
dc.identifier 10.1007/978-3-642-59112-9_34
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-59112-9_34
dc.description Two features make research on the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium of particular relevance. The first, relates to its common occurrence and important role in a global perspective. Although Trichodesmium is restricted to coastal habitats and open oceans with temperatures above about 18–20°C, it is probably quantitatively one of the most common cyanobacterium in nature. Recent estimates also indicate that it supports the pelagic zone of the oligotrophic oceans with considerable amounts of fixed nitrogen (Carpenter & Romans 1991). Furthermore, Trichodesmium is unique in that it fixes nitrogen aerobically in light, a feature only known from cyanobacteria differentiating heterocysts, a specific cell type for the oxygen sensitive nitrogen-fixing enzyme nitrogenase.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer Link
dc.subject Cyanobacteria
dc.subject Nitrogen-fixation
dc.subject Nitrogenase
dc.subject Nif genes
dc.subject Cell differentiation
dc.subject CO2 fixation
dc.title Trichodesmium Has Cells Specialized for Nitrogen Fixation but Lacks Heterocysts
dc.type Journal Article


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