Denitrifying bacterial community composition changes associated with stages of denitrification in oxygen minimum zones

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 350-362

  Jayakumar, A ^a   O'Mullan, G D ^b   Naqvi, S W A ^c   Ward, B B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 68549110283     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9487-y     Document Type: Article

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