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Diversity, abundance, and distribution of NO-forming nitrite reductase–encoding genes in deep-sea subsurface sediments of the South China Sea

  1. M. Li1,†,
  2. Y. Hong2,
  3. H. Cao1,
  4. M. G. Klotz3,
  5. J.-D. Gu1,4,*

Article first published online: 8 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12020

Issue

Geobiology

Geobiology

Volume 11, Issue 2, pages 170–179, March 2013

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How to Cite

Li, M., Hong, Y., Cao, H., Klotz, M. G. and Gu, J.-D. (2013), Diversity, abundance, and distribution of NO-forming nitrite reductase–encoding genes in deep-sea subsurface sediments of the South China Sea. Geobiology, 11: 170–179. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12020

Author Information

  1. 1

    Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

  2. 2

    State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

  3. 3

    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA

  4. 4

    The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

  1. †

    Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

*Corresponding author: J.-D. Gu. Tel.: +1 852 2299 0605; fax: +1 852 2559 9114; e-mail: jdgu@hkucc.hku.hk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 8 FEB 2013
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 OCT 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 22 FEB 2012

Funded by

  • Environmental and Conservation Fund. Grant Number: 15/2011
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 41076095, 30800032
  • South China Sea Open Cruise by R/V Shiyan 3
  • South China Sea Institute of Oceanology

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Fig. S1 Jackknife Environmental Clusters (a) and PCoA (b) for the South China Sea deep-ocean subseafloor sediments nirK protein sequences and representative data from Pacific Northwestern sediments, Black Sea suboxic zone and California coastal sediments.

Fig. S2 Jackknife Environmental Clusters (a) and PCoA (b) for the South China Sea deep-ocean subseafloor sediments nirS protein sequences and representative data from Pacific Northwestern sediments, Black Sea suboxic zone, Peruvian OMZ, Arabian OMZ, and Baltic Sea.

Fig. S3 Jackknife Environmental Clusters (a) and PCoA (b) for the South China Sea deep-ocean subseafloor sediments Scalindua-nirS protein sequences and representative data from Peruvian OMZ, Marine aquaculture zone, Mai Po Natural Reserve.

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