Life in the dark: Metagenomic evidence that a microbial slime community is driven by inorganic nitrogen metabolism

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1227-1236

  Tetu, Sasha G ^a   Breakwell, Katy ^a   Elbourne, Liam D H ^a   Holmes, Andrew J ^b   Gillings, Michael R ^a   Paulsen, Ian T ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidising archaea (AOA); Chemolithotrophy; Metagenomics; Microbial community; Nitrogen cycling; Nullarbor caves

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

AMMONIA; CAVE SYSTEM; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; GENOMICS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; DARKNESS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; AUSTRALIA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; CAVES; DARKNESS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; METAGENOMICS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

AUSTRALIA; NULLARBOR PLAIN;

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

EID: 84878276414     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.14     Document Type: Article

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