Relationship of temporal and spatial variabilities of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria to nitrification rates in Monterey Bay, California

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 697-705

  O'Mullan, G D ^a   Ward, B B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; WATER COLUMN;

AMMONIA; CLONING; CORRELATION METHODS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OCEAN HABITATS; OXIDATION;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE SUBUNIT A; OXYGENASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; NITRIFICATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ESTUARY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 13544275091     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.2.697-705.2005     Document Type: Article

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