Ecology of Thioploca spp.: Nitrate and Sulfur Storage in Relation to Chemical Microgradients and Influence of Thioploca spp. on the Sedimentary Nitrogen Cycle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5530-5537

  Zopfi, Jakob ^a,c   Kjær, Thomas ^b   Nielsen, Lars P ^b   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHILE; ECOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHEMOTAXIS; CHILE; ECOLOGY; GAMMA PROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SEAWATER; SULFUR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035653426     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5530-5537.2001     Document Type: Article

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