Marine archaea take a short cut in the nitrogen cycle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 17732-17733

  Kirchman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN; UREA;

ARCHAEON; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; CRENARCHAEOTA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

ARCHAEA; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; UREA;

EID: 84868092696     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215654109     Document Type: Note

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