Estuarine nitrifiers: New players, patterns and processes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Bernhard, Anne E ^a   Bollmann, Annette ^b  

^a Connecticut College   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ammonia oxidizing archaea; ammonia oxidizing bacteria; amoA; Estuary; Nitrosopumilus maritimus; salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 77953138654     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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