Competition for ammonia influences the structure of chemotrophic communities in geothermal springs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 653-661

  Hamilton, Trinity L ^a,c   Koonce, Evangeline ^a   Howells, Alta ^a   Havig, Jeff R ^a   Jewell, Talia ^b   de la Torre, José R ^b   Peters, John W ^a   Boyd, Eric S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT MICROCOSMS; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

ACETYLENE; ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; HOT SPRINGS; LAKES; LIGHTING; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CHEMOTROPHY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SAMPLING; THERMAL SPRING;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ACETYLENE; ALLYLTHIOUREA; AMMONIA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; THIOUREA;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; THIOUREA; WYOMING;

EID: 84892456921     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02577-13     Document Type: Article

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