The nitrogen cycle in anaerobic methanotrophic mats of the Black Sea is linked to sulfate reduction and biomass decomposition

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-245

  Siegert, Michael ^a,g   Taubert, Martin ^b   Seifert, Jana ^c   von Bergen Tomm, Martin ^d,e   Basen, Mirko ^f   Bastida, Felipe ^e,h   Gehre, Matthias ^e   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^e   Krüger, Martin ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^h RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; ANAMMOX; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Methyl coenzyme M reductase; Nitrate reduction; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFATE;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL MAT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTE; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE; ANAMMOX; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BLACK SEA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE; ANAMMOX; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOMASS; BLACK SEA; METHANE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SULFATES;

BLACK SEA;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84885948321     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12156     Document Type: Article

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