Vertical distribution of ammonia-oxidizing crenarchaeota and methanogens in the epipelagic waters of lake kivu (rwanda-democratic republi of the congo)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6853-6863

  Llirós, Marc ^a   Gich, Frederic ^a   Plasencia, Anna ^a   Auguet, Jean Christophe ^c   Darchambeau, François ^b,d   Casamayor, Emilio O ^c   Descy, Jean Pierre ^b   Borrego, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ANOXIC WATER; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; COPY NUMBER; CRENARCHAEOTA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROSCOPIC COUNTS; MONOOXYGENASES; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOTYPES; PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SIGNATURE GENES; STRATIFIED BASIN; TRANSITION ZONES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AMMONIA; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

GENES;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; METHANE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CATALYSIS; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOLIMNION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROPLANKTON; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATIFICATION; TAXONOMY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRENARCHAEOTA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRENARCHAEOTA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KIVU;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES; OTUS;

EID: 77958592618     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02864-09     Document Type: Article

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