Nitrite reductase genes (nirK and nirS) as functional markers to investigate diversity of denitrifying bacteria in pacific northwest marine sediment communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2096-2104

  Braker, Gesche ^a   Zhou, Jizhong ^b   Wu, Liyou ^b   Devol, Allan H ^c   Tiedje, James M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; MARINE SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DENITRIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASHINGTON;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0034016758     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.2096-2104.2000     Document Type: Article

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