TY - JOUR
T1 - Community composition of nitrous oxide reducing bacteria investigated using a functional gene microarray
AU - Jayakumar, A.
AU - Balachandran, D.
AU - Rees, A. P.
AU - Kearns, P. J.
AU - Bowen, J. L.
AU - Ward, Bettie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - The diversity and environmental distribution of the nosZ gene, which encodes the enzyme responsible for the consumption of nitrous oxide, was investigated in marine and terrestrial environments using a functional gene microarray. The microbial communities represented by the nosZ gene probes showed strong biogeographical separation. Communities from surface ocean waters and agricultural soils differed significantly from each other and from those in oceanic oxygen minimum zones. Atypical nosZ genes, usually associated with incomplete denitrification pathways, were detected in all the environments, including surface ocean waters. The abundance of nosZ genes, as estimated by quantitative PCR, was highest in agricultural soils and lowest in surface ocean waters.
AB - The diversity and environmental distribution of the nosZ gene, which encodes the enzyme responsible for the consumption of nitrous oxide, was investigated in marine and terrestrial environments using a functional gene microarray. The microbial communities represented by the nosZ gene probes showed strong biogeographical separation. Communities from surface ocean waters and agricultural soils differed significantly from each other and from those in oceanic oxygen minimum zones. Atypical nosZ genes, usually associated with incomplete denitrification pathways, were detected in all the environments, including surface ocean waters. The abundance of nosZ genes, as estimated by quantitative PCR, was highest in agricultural soils and lowest in surface ocean waters.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.10.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055432779
SN - 0967-0645
VL - 156
SP - 44
EP - 50
JO - Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
JF - Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
ER -