Nitrosarchaeum limnium
Classification
Archaea; Thaumarchaeota; Nitrososphaeria; Nitrosopumilales; Nitrosopumilaceae
Species
NCBI: [1] |
Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum limnium
Description and Significance
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Genome Structure
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
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Ecology and Pathogenesis
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References
Blainey PC, Mosier AC, Potanina A, Francis CA, & Quake SR (2011) Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 6: e16626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016626
Mosier AC, Lund MB, & Francis CA (2012) Ecophysiology of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon adapted to low-salinity habitats. Environ Microbiol 64: 955–963. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-012-0075-1
Tolar BB, Mosier AC, Lund MB, & Francis CA (2019) Nitrosarchaeum (gbm01289). In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Ed: WB Whitman, John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01289
Author
Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.