High abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in coastal waters, determined using a modified DNA extraction method

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2129-2135

  Urakawa, Hidetoshi ^a   Martens Habbena, Willm ^a   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CHLOROFORM EXTRACTION; COASTAL WATERS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; MICROBIAL GROUPS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MODIFIED DNA; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLE MATRIX;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GENES; PHENOLS;

DNA;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; OXIDATION; PHENOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 77950273400     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02692-09     Document Type: Article

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