Ammonia-oxidizing archaea in the arctic ocean and antarctic coastal waters

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2434-2445

  Kalanetra, Karen M ^a,b   Bano, Nasreen ^a   Hollibaugh, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA;

AMMONIA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 69949094273     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01974.x     Document Type: Article

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