Immunocytochemical detection and location of the membrane-bound nitrite oxidoreductase in cells of Nitrobacter and Nitrospira

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Spieck, Eva ^a   Aamand, Jens ^b   Bartosch, Sabine ^a   Bock, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Monoclonal antibody; Nitrite oxidoreductase; Nitrobacter; Nitrospira; Subunit specific labeling

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NITROBACTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER HAMBURGENSIS; NITROCOCCUS; NITROSPINA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 0029973260     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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