Size-fraction partitioning of community gene transcription and nitrogen metabolism in a marine oxygen minimum zone

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2682-2696

  Ganesh, Sangita ^a   Bristow, Laura A ^b   Larsen, Morten ^b   Sarode, Neha ^a   Thamdrup, Bo ^b   Stewart, Frank J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84947617917     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.44     Document Type: Article

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