Community shift of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria along an anthropogenic pollution gradient from the Pearl River Delta to the South China Sea

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-259

  Cao, Huiluo ^a   Hong, Yiguo ^b   Li, Meng ^a   Gu, Ji Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase subunit (amoA) gene; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB); Anthropogenic pollution gradient; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA (AOB); ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MAJOR FACTORS; MONOOXYGENASES; NITROSOMONAS; OPEN OCEAN; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STUDY AREAS; WATER DEPTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GENES; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER;

AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARSH; OPEN OCEAN; PHYLOGENETICS; SALINITY; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 84858438521     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3636-1     Document Type: Article

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