Shifts in the pelagic ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities along the eutrophic estuary of Yong River in Ningbo City, China

Aerobic ammonia oxidation plays a key role in the nitrogen cycle, and the responsible microorganisms diversities are regulated by environmental factors. Abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were investigated in the surface waters along an...

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Main Authors: Qiufang eZhang, Fangyuan eTang, Yangjing eZhou, Jirong eXu, Mingkuang eWang, Hendrikus J. Laanbroek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01180/full