Parameter: Condition

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 treatment
Short Description:
 treatment
Official Name:
 treatment
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Experimental conditions applied to experimental units.  In comparative experiments, members of the complementary group, the control group, receive either no treatment or a standard treatment.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Condition
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Growth conditions were one of the following: (a) Aerobic and chemoheterotrophic | (b) Anaerobic photoheterotrophic N2-fixing | (c) Anaerobic photoheterotrophic N2-fixing with a chemically reduced medium using Na2S and cysteine. Each of the above conditions was micronutrient replete (+Fe/+Mo) or limited for either Fe (-Fe/+Mo), Mo (+Fe/-Mo) or both micronutrients (-Fe/-Mo).