Bacterial N2-fixation in mangrove ecosystems: insights from a diazotroph-mangrove interaction

Mangrove forests are highly productive ecosystems but represent low nutrient environments. Nitrogen availability is one of the main factors limiting mangrove growth. Diazotrophs have been identified as key organisms that provide nitrogen to these environments. N2-fixation by such organisms was found...

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Main Authors: Gabriela eAlfaro-Espinoza, Matthias S. Ullrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00445/full