Dissimilatory reduction of nitrate in seawater by a Methylophaga strain containing two highly divergent narG sequences

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1302-1313

  Auclair, Julie ^a   Lépine, François ^a   Parent, Serge ^b   Villemur, Richard ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b Biodome de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

biofilm; denitrification; horizontal gene transfer; Methylophaga; narG

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; METHANOL; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CULTIVATION; DENITRIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; STAINING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METHANOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOPHAGA; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 77957007562     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.47     Document Type: Article

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