Significance of archaeal nitrification in hypoxic waters of the Baltic Sea

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1319-1332

  Berg, Carlo ^a,b   Vandieken, Verona ^a,c   Thamdrup, Bo ^d   Jürgens, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EUKARYOTE; HYPOXIA; INHIBITOR; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ARCHAEA;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; SULFIDE;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BALTIC STATES; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BALTIC STATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFIDES;

EID: 84929656283     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.218     Document Type: Article

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