Ammonia oxidation kinetics and temperature sensitivity of a natural marine community dominated by Archaea

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2023-2033

  Horak, Rachel E A ^a   Qin, Wei ^b   Schauer, Andy J ^c   Armbrust, E Virginia ^a   Ingalls, Anitra E ^a   Moffett, James W ^d   Stahl, David A ^b   Devol, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; AmoA; Km; Marine Archaea; Q10

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEA WATER;

AMMONIA; ENZYME; GENE; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

HOOD CANAL; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84884671469     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.75     Document Type: Article

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