Salinity-dominated change in community structure and ecological function of Archaea from the lower Pearl River to coastal South China Sea

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 7971-7982

  Xie, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Chuanlun ^a,b   Zhou, Xuedan ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA); Methanogens; Pearl River estuary; Salinity gradient

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; GEMS; METHANOGENS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEA (AOA); BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; SALINITY GRADIENTS;

RIVERS;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; FRESH WATER; ARCHAEAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; SALINITY;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOCOCCOIDES; METHANOREGULA; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROSOPUMILUS; NITROSOSPHAERA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PYROSEQUENCING; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASHORE; THAUMARCHAEOTA; ESTUARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ARCHAEA; CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS; CRENARCHAEOTA; METHANOCOCCOIDES; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA;

ARCHAEA; CHINA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESTUARIES; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

EID: 84906944377     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5838-9     Document Type: Article

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