Temporal and spatial distributions of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria and their ratio as an indicator of oligotrophic conditions in natural wetlands

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4121-4129

  Sims, Atreyee ^a   Horton, John ^b   Gajaraj, Shashikanth ^a   McIntosh, Steve ^b   Miles, Randall J ^c   Mueller, Ryan ^b   Reed, Robert ^c   Hu, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Natural wetland; Nitrogen removal; QPCR; Wetland health

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GENES; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; NATURAL WETLAND; NITROGEN-CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC CONDITIONS; QPCR; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLAND HEALTH; WETLAND SOILS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOINDICATOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PROKARYOTE; REAL TIME; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOTROPHIC CONDITION; OXIDATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

APOIDEA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84862774283     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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