Symbiotic archaea in marine sponges show stability and host specificity in community structure and ammonia oxidation functionality

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 699-707

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Pita, Lucía ^b   Erwin, Patrick M ^c   Abaid, Summara ^a   López Legentil, Susanna ^b,c   Hill, Russell T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Archaeal communities; Microbial biogeography; Porifera; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; PORIFERA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; CARIBBEAN; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HOST SPECIFICITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

EID: 84914814266     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12427     Document Type: Article

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