PMID- 26014493 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160321 LR - 20150706 IS - 1572-9699 (Electronic) IS - 0003-6072 (Linking) VI - 108 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Aug TI - Spatial distribution and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in deep-sea sediments of the Pacific Ocean. PG - 329-42 LID - 10.1007/s10482-015-0485-4 [doi] AB - Nitrification, the aerobic oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite, is performed by nitrifying microbes including ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA). In the current study, the phylogenetic diversity and abundance of AOB and AOA in deep-sea sediments of the Pacific Ocean were investigated using ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) coding genes as molecular markers. The study uncovered 3 AOB unique operational taxonomic units (OTUs, defined at sequence groups that differ by