Aquarium nitrification revisited: Thaumarchaeota are the dominant ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquarium biofilters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sauder, Laura A ^a   Engel, Katja ^a   Stearns, Jennifer C ^a,b   Masella, Andre P ^a   Pawliszyn, Richard ^a   Neufeld, Josh D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; FRESH WATER; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ISOENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEA WATER;

AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE GENE; AMMONIA OXIDIZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAUMARCHAEOTA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AQUACULTURE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 80051681887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023281     Document Type: Article

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