Diversity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in Qinghai Lake, Northwestern China

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-211

  Jiang, Hongchen ^a,b,c   Dong, Hailiang ^a,c   Yu, Bingsong ^a,b   Lv, Guo ^a   Deng, Shicai ^a   Berzins, Nicole ^c   Dai, Minhan ^d  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; AmoA; Archaea; Bacteria; Qinghai Lake

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 62149133542     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450902744004     Document Type: Article

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