Isolation of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing marine archaeon

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7058, 2005, Pages 543-546

  Könneke, Martin ^a,c   Bernhard, Anne E ^a,d   De La Torre, José R ^a   Walker, Christopher B ^a   Waterbury, John B ^b   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; WATER WAVES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; CRENARCHAEOTA; PHYSIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; CARBON; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; EXTREMOPHILE; NITROGEN CYCLE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; CARBON; CRENARCHAEOTA; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

EID: 25644435673     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03911     Document Type: Article

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