A shift in the archaeal nitrifier community in response to natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-112

  Newell, Silvia E ^a,d   Eveillard, Damien ^b   Mccarthy, Mark J ^c   Gardner, Wayne S ^c   Liu, Zhanfei ^c   Ward, Bess B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILL; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; GULF OF MEXICO; NITRITES; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

EID: 84892659761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12114     Document Type: Article

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