Structure and activity of lacustrine sediment bacteria involved in nutrient and iron cycles

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 666-679

  Martins, Gilberto ^a,b   Terada, Akihiko ^b   Ribeiro, Daniel C ^a   Corral, Anuska M ^c   Brito, António G ^a   Smets, Barth F ^b   Nogueira, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Bacterial community; Biogeochemical cycles; Quantitative PCR; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; IRON; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; IRON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS;

ARGENTINA; AZORES; AZUL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CAPE VERDE; FOGO; FURNAS; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79961170292     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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