Metagenomic analysis of a complex marine planktonic thaumarchaeal community from the Gulf of Maine

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 254-267

  Tully, Benjamin J ^a   Nelson, William C ^a   Heidelberg, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; CARBON; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEA; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; CARBON; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MAINE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84855282408     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02628.x     Document Type: Article

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