SAR11 bacteria linked to ocean anoxia and nitrogen loss

Nature

Volumn 536, Issue 7615, 2016, Pages 179-183

  Tsementzi, Despina ^a   Wu, Jieying ^b   Deutsch, Samuel ^c   Nath, Sangeeta ^c   Rodriguez R, Luis M ^b   Burns, Andrew S ^b   Ranjan, Piyush ^b   Sarode, Neha ^b   Malmstrom, Rex R ^c   Padilla, Cory C ^b   Stone, Benjamin K ^d   Bristow, Laura A ^e   Larsen, Morten ^f   Glass, Jennifer B ^b   Thamdrup, Bo ^f   Woyke, Tanja ^c   Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T ^a,b   Stewart, Frank J ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC BACKGROUND; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAR11 BACTERIA; SEA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AQUATIC SPECIES; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DENITRIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84982083164     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19068     Document Type: Article

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