Transcriptional response of the archaeal ammonia oxidizer Nitrosopumilus maritimus to low and environmentally relevant ammonia concentrations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 6911-6916

  Nakagawa, Tatsunori ^a,b   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; CELL WALL SYNTHESIS; MARINE MICROORGANISM; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; GENES, ARCHAEAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84886690500     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02028-13     Document Type: Article

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