Diversity, abundance and expression of nitrite reductase (nirK)-like genes in marine thaumarchaea

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1966-1977

  Lund, Marie B ^a   Smith, Jason M ^a   Francis, Christopher A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Copper containing nitrite reductase; Monterey Bay time series; NirK; Thaumarchaea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE, COPPER CONTAINING; NITRITE REDUCTASE, COPPER-CONTAINING; PRIMER DNA; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BAY; BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BAYS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SAN FRANCISCO; SEAWATER;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; MONTEREY BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 84867742480     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.40     Document Type: Article

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