Role for urea in nitrification by polar marine Archaea

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

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 17989-17994

  Alonso Sáez, Laura ^a,b   Waller, Alison S ^c   Mende, Daniel R ^c   Bakker, Kevin ^d   Farnelid, Hanna ^e   Yager, Patricia L ^f   Lovejoy, Connie ^g   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^g   Potvin, Marianne ^g   Heinrich, Friederike ^a   Estrada, Marta ^h   Riemann, Lasse ⁱ   Bork, Peer ^c   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^h   Bertilssona, Stefan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AmoA; Amundsen Sea; Beaufort Sea; Ross Sea; UreC

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; LEUCINE; UREA;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

ARCHAEA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREA;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84868130695     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201914109     Document Type: Article

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