amoA-encoding archaea and thaumarchaeol in the lakes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

amoA-encoding archaea and thaumarchaeol in the lakes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

All known ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) belong to the phylum Thaumarchaeota within the domain Archaea. AOA possess the diagnostic amoA gene (encoding the alpha subunit of ammonia monooxygenase) and produce lipid biomarker thaumarchaeol. Although the abundance and diversity of AEA in freshwater lak...

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Main Authors: Jian eYang, Hongchen eJiang, Hailiang eDong, Huanye eWang, Geng eWu, Weiguo eHou, Weiguo eLiu, Chuanlun eZhang, Yongjuan eSun, Zhongping eLai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Salinity
crenarchaeol
amoA gene
AEA
Qinghai-Tibetan lakes
Thaumarchaeol
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00329/full

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