Phylogenetically Diverse Denitrifying and Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Corals Alcyonium gracillimum and Tubastraea coccinea

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 540-551

  Yang, Shan ^a,b   Sun, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Fengli ^a,b   Li, Zhiyong ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcyonium gracillimum; Ammonia oxidation; amoA; Bacterial symbionts; Denitrification; nirK; nirS; Phylogenetic diversity; Tubastraea coccinea

Indexed keywords

ALCYONIUM GRACILLIMUM; AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMOA; BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; NIRK; NIRS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; TUBASTRAEA COCCINEA;

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GENES; OXIDATION; RNA;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; DENITRIFICATION; GENE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONIUM GRACILLIMUM; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; SCLERACTINIA; TUBASTRAEA COCCINEA;

EID: 84881558092     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-013-9503-6     Document Type: Article

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