title: Bacterial diversity, pigments and nitrogen fixation of biological desert crusts from the Sultanate of Oman.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. rabed@mpi-bremen.de
authors.forename: Raeid M M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Abed
authors.forename: Samiha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Kharusi
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000114:Acetylene / Q000378:metabolism; D044822:Biodiversity; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis*; D000077194:Chlorophyll A; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003889:Desert Climate; D015723:Gene Library; D005843:Geography; D007211:Indoles / Q000032:analysis; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D009850:Oman; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D010636:Phenols; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002734:Chlorophyll; C083368:scytonemin; D000114:Acetylene; D000077194:Chlorophyll A