The amo operon in marine, ammonia-oxidizing γ-proteobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-29

  Alzerreca, J Javier ^a   Norton, Jeanette M ^a   Klotz, Martin G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase; amoA; Bacterial diversity; Nitrification; Nitrosococcus; Nitrosospira

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032879040     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00457-7     Document Type: Article

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