Seasonal changes in abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and their nitrification in sand of an eelgrass zone

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Ando, Yoshifumi ^a   Nakagawa, Tatsunori ^a   Takahashi, Reiji ^a   Yoshihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Tokuyama, Tatsuaki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; AmoA; Eelgrass; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 70349915885     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08536     Document Type: Article

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