Diversity and relative abundance of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing microorganisms in the offshore Namibian hypoxic zone.
Nitrification, the microbial oxidation of ammonia (NH3) to nitrite (NO2-) and NO2- to nitrate (NO3-), plays a vital role in ocean nitrogen cycling. Characterizing the distribution of nitrifying organisms over environmental gradients can help predict how nitrogen availability may change with shifting...
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| Lingua: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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| Serie: | PLoS ONE |
| Accesso online: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217136 |