Lower Abundance of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Than Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria Detected in the Subsurface Sediments of the Northern South China Sea

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-339

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ammonia oxidizing archaea; ammonia oxidizing bacterial; amoA; South China Sea; subsurface

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; OTUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84863116517     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.559304     Document Type: Article

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