Physiology, phylogeny and in situ evidence for bacterial and archaeal nitrifiers in the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2942-2955

  Bayer, Kristina ^a   Schmitt, Susanne ^a   Hentschel, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRAPYRIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PICOLINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRENARCHAEOTA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROSOMONADACEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRENARCHAEOTA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROSOMONADACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PICOLINES; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APLYSINA AEROPHOBA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 52949133356     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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