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Archaea predominate among ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soils

20062,476 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sven Leininger · University of Bergen

Tim Urich · University of Bergen

Michael Schloter · Institute of Groundwater Ecology

Lorenz Schwark · University of Cologne

Ji Qi · Pennsylvania State University

Graeme W. Nicol · University of Aberdeen

James I. Prosser ·

Topics & Keywords

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 442, Issue 7104, pp. 806-809

DOI: 10.1038/nature04983

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 92.39

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University of Aberdeen

Stephan C. Schuster · Pennsylvania State University

Christa Schleper · University of Bergen