Depth-related distribution of a key gene of the tetraether lipid biosynthetic pathway in marine Thaumarchaeota

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3527-3539

  Villanueva, Laura ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; GLYCEROL; LIPID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOGLYCEROL GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEON; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN;

EID: 85028254720     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12508     Document Type: Article

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