Contribution of Crenarchaeota and Bacteria to autotrophy in the North Atlantic interior

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1524-1533

  Varela, Marta M ^a,b   van Aken, Hendrik M ^a   Sintes, Eva ^a,c   Reinthaler, Thomas ^a,c   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SEA WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CRENARCHAEOTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; CRENARCHAEOTA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79958017622     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02457.x     Document Type: Article

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