Physiology and behaviour of marine Thioploca

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 647-657

  Høgslund, Signe ^a   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^b   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a,c   Gallardo, Victor Ariel ^d   Van De Vossenberg, Jack ^e   Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ^f   Holmkvist, Lars ^c   Arning, Esther T ^g   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrate metabolism; Oxygen uptake; Phosphate; Sulphide uptake; Thioploca

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; THIOPLOCA;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; POLYPHOSPHATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; THIOTRICHACEAE;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXYGEN; POLYPHOSPHATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THIOTRICHACEAE;

EID: 67549107260     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.17     Document Type: Article

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