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Major gradients in putatively nitrifying and non-nitrifying Archaea in the deep North Atlantic.
Nature - 11 Dec 2008
Agogué Hélène, Brink Maaike, Dinasquet Julie, Herndl Gerhard J
Abstract excerpt
Aerobic nitrification of ammonia to nitrite and nitrate is a key process in the oceanic nitrogen cycling mediated by prokaryotes. Apart from Bacteria belonging to the beta- and gamma-Proteobacteria involved in the first nitrification step, Crenarchaeota have recently been recognized as main drivers of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite in soil as well as in the ocean, as indicated by the dominance of archaeal...
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