Intergenomic comparisons highlight modularity of the denitrification pathway and underpin the importance of community structure for N2O emissions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Graf, Daniel R H ^a   Jones, Christopher M ^a   Hallin, Sara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GENE; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; NOR GENE; NOSZ GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84914680332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114118     Document Type: Article

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