Determining the distribution of marine and coastal ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria using a quantitative approach

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 486, Issue C, 2011, Pages 205-221

  Mosier, Annika C ^a   Francis, Christopher A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA); Ammonia oxidation; Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; AOA; AOB; Nitrification; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; SEA WATER;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEBACTERIUM; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; AMOA GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBON CYCLING; CLADISTICS; COASTAL WATERS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARINE BACTERIUM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 78650943144     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381294-0.00009-2     Document Type: Chapter

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