of functional genes shared among seven terrestrial subsurface metagenomes reveal N-cycling and microbial evolutionary relationships

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Lau, Maggie C Y ^a   Cameron, Connor ^b   Magnabosco, Cara ^a   Brown, C Titus ^c   Schilkey, Faye ^b   Grim, Sharon ^d,h   Hendrickson, Sarah ^e   Pullin, Michael ^e,i   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^f   van Heerden, Esta ^g   Kieft, Thomas L ^e   Onstott, Tullis C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENOME RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ Broward College South Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional genes; N cycle; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Terrestrial subsurface

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; LAND BIOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAGENOME; NITROSPIRAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84987846822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00531     Document Type: Article

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