| diazotrophic community structure and function in two successional stages of biological soil crusts from the colorado plateau and chihuahuan desert. | the objective of this study was to characterize the community structure and activity of n2-fixing microorganisms in mature and poorly developed biological soil crusts from both the colorado plateau and chihuahuan desert. nitrogenase activity was approximately 10 and 2.5 times higher in mature crusts than in poorly developed crusts at the colorado plateau site and chihuahuan desert site, respectively. analysis of nifh sequences by clone sequencing and the terminal restriction fragment length poly ... | 2004 | 14766579 |
| three distinct clades of cultured heterocystous cyanobacteria constitute the dominant n2-fixing members of biological soil crusts of the colorado plateau, usa. | the identity of the numerically dominant n(2)-fixing bacteria in biological soil crusts of the colorado plateau region and two outlying areas was determined using multiple approaches, to link the environmental diversity of nifh gene sequences to cultured bacterial isolates from the regions. of the nifh sequence-types detected in soil crusts of the colorado plateau, 89% (421/473) were most closely related to nifh signature sequences from cyanobacteria of the order nostocales. n(2)-fixing cyanobac ... | 2007 | 17381526 |
| temporal variation in community composition, pigmentation, and f(v)/f(m) of desert cyanobacterial soil crusts. | summers on the colorado plateau (usa) are typified by harsh conditions such as high temperatures, brief soil hydration periods, and high uv and visible radiation. we investigated whether community composition, physiological status, and pigmentation might vary in biological soil crusts as a result of such conditions. representative surface cores were sampled at the ene, wsw, and top microaspects of 20 individual soil crust pedicels at a single site in canyonlands national park, utah, in spring an ... | 2002 | 11984625 |