Composition, diversity, and activity of aerobic ammonia‐oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea in the intertidal sands of a grand strand South Carolina beach

Abstract Aerobic ammonia oxidation to nitrite has been established as an important ecosystem process in regulating the level of nitrogen in marine ecosystems. This process is carried out by ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria (AOB) within the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria and ammonia‐oxi...

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Main Authors: Harrison B. Taylor, Harry D. Kurtz Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-05-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1011