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Biocrusts are microbial communities that inhabit arid soil surfaces, providing essential services to dryland ecosystems. A paradoxical filamentous cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus, resides within the biocrust. While is often pioneers the colonization of bare, nutrient-poor desert soils worldwide, it cannot fix dinitrogen. In nature, M.
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- Nelson, Corey (Author)
- Garcia-Pichel, Ferran (Thesis advisor)
- Penton, C. Ryan (Committee member)
- Gile, Gillian (Committee member)
- Bean, Heather (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2021
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2021
- Field of study: Microbiology