The effect of bio-irrigation by the polychaete Lanice conchilega on active denitrifiers: Distribution, diversity and composition of nosZ gene

• Maryam Yazdani Foshtomi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

  Affiliations Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, CeMoFE, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Frederik Leliaert,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Botanic Garden Meise, Meise, Belgium

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• Sofie Derycke,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Aquatic Environment and Quality, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Ostend, Belgium

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• Anne Willems,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations CeMoFE, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Magda Vincx,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Jan Vanaverbeke

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jvanaverbeke@naturalsciences.be

  Affiliations Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Marine Ecology and Management, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2488-8609

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