Nitrospina-like bacteria are the main drivers of nitrite oxidation in the seasonal upwelling area of the Eastern South Pacific (Central Chile ~36°S)

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 565-573

  Levipan, Héctor A ^a   Molina, Verónica ^c,d   Fernandez, Camila ^b,e,f  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PLAYA ANCHA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROSPINA;

NITRITE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

BACTERIA; CHILE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84913530376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12158     Document Type: Article

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