The Thaumarchaeota: An emerging view of their phylogeny and ecophysiology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Pester, Michael ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; COPPER; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; CRENARCHAEOTA; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOMICS; MIXOTROPH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 79959289950     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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