NITRIFICATION AND NITRIFYING BACTERIA IN A COASTAL MICROBIAL MAT

The first step of nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite, can be performed by ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) or ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). We investigated the presence of these two groups in three structurally different types of coastal microbial mats that develop along the tida...

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Main Authors: Haoxin eFan, Henk eBolhuis, Lucas eStal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01367/full