Geographic distribution of archaeal ammonia oxidizing ecotypes in the Atlantic Ocean

Geographic distribution of archaeal ammonia oxidizing ecotypes in the Atlantic Ocean

In marine ecosystems, Thaumarchaeota are most likely the major ammonia oxidizers. While ammonia concentrations vary by about two orders of magnitude in the oceanic water column, archaeal ammonia oxidizers (AOA) vary by only one order of magnitude from surface to bathypelagic waters. Thus, the questi...

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Main Authors: Eva eSintes, Daniele eDe Corte, Elisabeth eHaberleitner, Gerhard Josef Herndl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
thaumarchaeota
ammonia-oxidizing archaea
ecotypes
Deep ocean
high ammonia
low ammonia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00077/full

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