Archaea in biogeochemical cycles

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 437-457

  Offre, Pierre ^a   Spang, Anja ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaea; Biogeochemical cycles; Carbon; Metabolism; Nitrogen; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; AMMONIFICATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CRENARCHAEOTA; DECHLORINATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LEACHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOTROPH; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLUM; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR CYCLE; TAXONOMIC RANK; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; CARBON; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SULFATES;

EID: 84884233716     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155614     Document Type: Article

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