Diversification and niche adaptations of Nitrospina-like bacteria in the polyextreme interfaces of Red Sea brines

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1383-1399

  Ngugi, David Kamanda ^a   Blom, Jochen ^b   Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^c   Stingl, Ulrich ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BRINE; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; GLOBAL OCEAN; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE; OSMOREGULATION; OXIDATION; POLYMER; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIS II DEEP; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NITROSPINA; NITROSPINA GRACILIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BRINE; INORGANIC SALT; NITRITE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SALINITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INDIAN OCEAN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOMICS; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SALTS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84949571333     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.214     Document Type: Article

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