Diversity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in the Dongjiang River, China

Microbiological Research

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 337-345

  Liu, Zhenghui ^a,b,c   Huang, Shaobin ^a,c   Sun, Guoping ^b   Xu, Zhencheng ^d   Xu, Meiying ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; AmoA gene; Dongjiang River; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMOA GENE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; CRENARCHAEOTA; DONGJIANG RIVER; FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER HABITATS; GLOBAL PATTERNS; NITROGEN CYCLING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; RIVER WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHINA; DONG RIVER; GUANGDONG;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 79959305731     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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