Marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeal isolates display obligate mixotrophy and wide ecotypic variation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 12504-12509

  Qin, Wei ^a   Amin, Shady A ^b   Martens Habbena, Willm ^a   Walker, Christopher B ^a   Urakawa, Hidetoshi ^c   Devol, Allan H ^b   Ingalls, Anitra E ^b   Moffett, James W ^d   Armbrust, E Virginia ^b   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Marine ammonia oxidizing archaea; Urea utilization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRITE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; ARCHAEAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTYPE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOOD WEB; LIGHT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXOTROPH; MIXOTROPHY; NITRIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOINHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; ARCHAEON; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84906690775     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1324115111     Document Type: Article

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