Residence of Habitat-Specific Anammox Bacteria in the Deep-Sea Subsurface Sediments of the South China Sea: Analyses of Marker Gene Abundance with Physical Chemical Parameters

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-47

  Hong, Yi Guo ^a   Li, Meng ^b   Cao, Huiluo ^b   Gu, Ji Dong ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS SCALINDUA;

EID: 79960583718     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9849-0     Document Type: Article

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