High cyanobacterial nifH gene diversity in Arctic seawater and sea ice brine

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology Reports
• Main Authors: Díez, Beatriz, Bergman, Birgitta, Pedrós-Alió, Carlos, Antó, Meritxell, Snoeijs, Pauline
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Breaker; Greenland; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Sea ice; Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63993; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00343.x

7 pages, 3 figures Although cyanobacterial diazotrophs are common in Arctic terrestrial and freshwater habitats, they have been assumed to be absent from Arctic marine habitats. We report here a high diversity of cyanobacterial nifH genes in Fram Strait and the Greenland Sea. The nifH gene encodes t...