Detection and diversity of copper containing nitrite reductase genes (nirK) in prokaryotic and fungal communities of agricultural soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Long, Andrew ^a   Song, Bongkeun ^a,b,c   Fridey, Kelly ^a   Silva, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Archaea; Denitrification; Fungi; NirK; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; COPPER; DENITRIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

COPPER; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE, COPPER-CONTAINING; PRIMER DNA; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COPPER; DENITRIFICATION; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84954233653     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/iu004     Document Type: Article

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