Ammonia oxidation coupled to CO2 fixation by archaea and bacteria in an agricultural soil

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4170-4175

  Pratscher, Jennifer ^a   Dumont, Marc G ^a   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYPROPIONATE 4 HYDROXYBUTYRATE; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE A; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROPIONYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; RNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA OXIDATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 79952746504     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010981108     Document Type: Article

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