Nitrite oxidation in the Namibian oxygen minimum zone

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1200-1209

  Füssel, Jessika ^a   Lam, Phyllis ^a   Lavik, Gaute ^a   Jensen, Marlene M ^a,b   Holtappels, Moritz ^a   Günter, Marcel ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benguela upwelling; nitrification; nitrite oxidation; Nitrococcus; Nitrospina; oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NAMIBIA; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; NAMIBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROCOCCUS; NITROSPINA;

EID: 84861340985     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.178     Document Type: Article

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