Diversity, abundance, and distribution of NO-forming nitrite reductase-encoding genes in deep-sea subsurface sediments of the South China Sea

Geobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-179

  Li, M ^a,e   Hong, Y ^b   Cao, H ^a   Klotz, M G ^c   Gu, J D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84873551743     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12020     Document Type: Article

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