Marine microbiology: UCYN-A fixes N2 in the sea

Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 665 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.144 Author: Katharine H. Wrighton Species in the cyanobacterial genus Trichodesmium are considered to be the main contributors to microbial dinitrogen (N2) fixation in the ocean. However, Martínez-Pérez et al. now show that the symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN-A, which associates with eukaryotic algae, also fixes N2

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Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - October 11, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Katharine H. Wrighton Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

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