Functional gene pyrosequencing and network analysis: An approach to examine the response of denitrifying bacteria to increased nitrogen supply in salt marsh sediments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Bowen, Jennifer L ^a   Byrnes, Jarrett E K ^a   Weisman, David ^a   Colaneri, Cory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; DNA sequence clustering; Eutrophication; Functional gene pyrosequencing; Network analysis; NirS; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DNA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; SALT MARSH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84890261691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00342     Document Type: Article

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