Niche segregation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and anammox bacteria in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1896-1904

  Pitcher, Angela ^a   Villanueva, Laura ^a   Hopmans, Ellen C ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a,b   Reichart, Gert Jan ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CRENARCHAEOL; GLYCEROL ETHER; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRITE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEA;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GLYCERYL ETHERS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 81855185502     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.60     Document Type: Article

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