Physiological characterization of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium 'CandidatusJettenia caeni'

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2172-2189

  Ali, Muhammad ^a   Oshiki, Mamoru ^b   Awata, Takanori ^c   Isobe, Kazuo ^d   Kimura, Zenichiro ^e   Yoshikawa, Hiroaki ^a   Hira, Daisuke ^f   Kindaichi, Tomonori ^c   Satoh, Hisashi ^a   Fujii, Takao ^f   Okabe, Satoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS JETTENIA; PLANCTOMYCETE KSU-1;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL COENZYME A; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; FARNOQUINONE; HYDRAZINE; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRITE; RNA 16S; VITAMIN MK 7;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS;

ACETATES; ACETYL COENZYME A; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; HYDRAZINES; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VITAMIN K 2;

EID: 84929006799     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12674     Document Type: Article

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