Potential denitrification activity assay in soil - With or without chloramphenicol?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-398

  Pell, Mikael ^a   Stenberg, Bo ^a   Stenström, John ^a   Torstensson, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME;

EID: 0029667087     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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