It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can carry out N2 fixation. It was assumed that the high levels of oxygen ...

2004). Diazotrophs in the aquatic environment are widely distributed among Proteobacteria, Euryarchaeota, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes based on the diversity of the nifH gene (Kapili ...

The results showed great differences in the number of communities of diazotrophs between coral individuals, even for the same coral species in the same sampled location. For example, 6 phyla, 21 ...