Distribution of typical denitrifying functional genes and diversity of the nirS-encoding bacterial community related to environmental characteristics of river sediments

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3041-3051

  Huang, S ^a   Chen, C ^a,b   Yang, X ^a   Wu, Q ^a   Zhang, R ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEWAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PEARL RIVER [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80455131213     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-3041-2011     Document Type: Article

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