Abundance and diversity of archaeal ammonia oxidizers in a coastal groundwater system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7938-7948

  Rogers, Daniel R ^a,b   Casciotti, Karen L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; CATALYZED OXIDATION; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; CRENARCHAEOTA; KEY PROCESS; MIXING ZONES; MONOOXYGENASES; NITROGEN CYCLES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLYING;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GENES; GROUNDWATER; IODINE; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASSACHUSETTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 78650364411     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02056-09     Document Type: Article

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