Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacterial diversity, abundance, and activity in marsh sediments of the Yangtze Estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1237-1246

  Hou, Lijun ^a   Zheng, Yanling ^a   Liu, Min ^b   Gong, Jun ^c   Zhang, Xiaoli ^c   Yin, Guoyu ^a   You, Li ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

anammox; nitrogen; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARSH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS SCALINDUA; KUENENIA;

EID: 84886677864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20108     Document Type: Article

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