Cyanobacterial nitrogenases: phylogenetic diversity, regulation and functional predictions

Abstract Cyanobacteria is a remarkable group of prokaryotic photosynthetic microorganisms, with several genera capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen (N2) and presenting a wide range of morphologies. Although the nitrogenase complex is not present in all cyanobacterial taxa, it is spread across seve...

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Main Authors: Alberto A. Esteves-Ferreira, João Henrique Frota Cavalcanti, Marcelo Gomes Marçal Vieira Vaz, Luna V. Alvarenga, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Wagner L. Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2017-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572017000200261&lng=en&tlng=en