A Metagenomics Transect into the Deepest Point of the Baltic Sea Reveals Clear Stratification of Microbial Functional Capacities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Thureborn, Petter ^a,b   Lundin, Daniel ^a,b,c   Plathan, Josefin ^b   Poole, Anthony M ^b,d   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^b   Sjöling, Sara ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMMONIA OXIDIZER; ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BALTIC SEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84884517639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074983     Document Type: Article

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