Evidence for complete denitrification in a benthic foraminifer

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7107, 2006, Pages 93-96

  Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^a   Langezaal, Alexandra M ^b   Ingvardsen, Signe ^c   Schmid, Markus C ^d   Jetten, Mike S M ^d   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^d   Derksen, Jan W M ^d   Piña Ochoa, Elisa ^e   Eriksson, Susanne P ^f   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^c   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^c   Cedhagen, Tomas ^c   Van Der Zwaan, Gijsbert J ^b  

^a Department of Marine Ecology National Environmental Research Institute ^*  (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; METABOLISM; NITRATES; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC HABITATS; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; INTRACELLULAR NITRATE; UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

NITRATE; OXYGEN;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DENITRIFICATION; FJORD; NITRATE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BREATHING; DENITRIFICATION; FORAMINIFER; GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

CHILE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SWEDEN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA PSEUDOSPINESCENS; NONIONELLA STELLA; PROTISTA; STAINFORTHIA;

EID: 33748412889     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05070     Document Type: Article

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