Stark contrast in denitrification and anammox across the deep norwegian trench in the skagerrak

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7381-7389

  Trimmer, Mark ^a   Engström, Pia ^b   Thamdrup, Bo ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX ACTIVITY; ANAMMOX BACTERIA; CARBON CYCLING; MEASUREMENTS OF; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN PENETRATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

DENITRIFICATION; DROPS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; DOMINANCE; GAS PRODUCTION; HOMOGENEITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; DENITRIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; NORWAY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84888215440     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01970-13     Document Type: Article

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