Urease gene-containing Archaea dominate autotrophic ammonia oxidation in two acid soils

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1795-1809

  Lu, Lu ^a,b   Jia, Zhongjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; UREASE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL;

ACIDS; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UREASE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84878665655     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12071     Document Type: Article

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