Ecophysiology of an Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon Adapted to Low-Salinity Habitats

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 955-963

  Mosier, Annika C ^a,b   Lund, Marie B ^a   Francis, Christopher A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SAN FRANCISCO; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; LIMNIA;

EID: 84867688970     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0075-1     Document Type: Article

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