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. 2006 Aug;72(8):5181–5189. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00231-06

TABLE 3.

narG, nirK, and nosZ (obtained with nosZ1 and nosZ2 assays) calculated percentages of 16S rRNA copy numbers based on the gene copy number per ng of DNA

Soil Denitrification gene (% of 16S rRNA)
narG nirK nosZ1 nosZ2
Nancy 40 6 3 5
Himalaya
    6,000 m 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.1
    5,600 m 1 0.8 0.1 0.1
    5,400 m 0.6 1.3 0.1 0.1
Ljubljana marsh 20 1.2 0.5 0.5
Champ Nöel 6 6 0.2 0.4