Denitrification characterization of dissolved oxygen microprofiles in lake surface sediment through analyzing abundance, expression, community composition and enzymatic activities of denitrifier functional genes.

AMB Express · 2019 · PMC6702497 · PMID 31428884

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Comparison of the DNA abundance and RNA transcriptional level of denitrification genes between the up- (HYZ-1) and sub-anoxic layers (HYZ-2) revealed a decreasing trend with depth, which might be due to the decreased total bacteria in the sub-anoxic layers.

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