The Ammonia Oxidizing and Denitrifying Prokaryotes Associated with Sponges from Different Sea Areas

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 427-436

  Han, Minqi ^a   Li, Zhiyong ^b   Zhang, Fengli ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DENITRIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; SEAWATER;

ACANTHELLA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPLASTRELLA; HALICLONA; HALICLONA SP.; LAMELLOMORPHA; MYCALE FIBREXILIS; NITROSOMONADALES; PERICHARAX HETERORAPHIS; PLACOSPONGIA; PROKARYOTA; SPIRASTRELLIDAE;

EID: 84880081389     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0197-0     Document Type: Article

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