Metagenomic evidence for metabolism of trace atmospheric gases by high-elevation desert actinobacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Lynch, Ryan C ^a   Darcy, John L ^a   Kane, Nolan C ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^a,b   Schmidt, Steve K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Atacama desert; Methylotrophy; Pseudonocardia; Trace gas oxidation

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GAS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDONOCARDIA; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; OTUS; PSEUDONOCARDIA; PSEUDONOCARDIA SP.;

EID: 84930503253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00698     Document Type: Article

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