Characterization of the membranous denitrification enzymes nitrate reductase (cytochrome cd1) and copper-containing nitrous oxide reductase from Thiobacillus denitrificans

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Hole, Ursula H ^a   Vollack, Kai Uwe ^b   Zumft, Walter G ^b   Eisenmann, Effi ^c   Siddiqui, Roman A ^d   Friedrich, Bärbel ^c   Kroneck, Peter M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome cd1; Denitrification; DNA hybridization; Nitrite reductase; Nitrous oxide reductase; Pseudomonas stutzeri; Thiobacillus denitrificans

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; THIOBACILLUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; THIOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0030061653     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050296     Document Type: Article

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