Spatial distribution and factors shaping the niche segregation of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in the Qiantang River, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4065-4071

  Liu, Shuai ^a   Shen, Lidong ^a   Lou, Liping ^a   Tian, Guangming ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Hu, Baolan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; CARBON;

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHINA; QIANTANG RIVER; ZHEJIANG;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84879821589     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00543-13     Document Type: Article

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