Selection by temperature of nitrate-reducing bacteria from estuarine sediments: Species composition and competition for nitrate

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Ogilvie, B G ^a,c   Rutter, M ^b,c   Nedwell, D B ^c  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrate uptake; Nitrate reducing bacteria; Specific affinity; Temperature selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTER; ESTUARY; KLEBSIELLA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ARRHENIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA;

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; NITRATE; NITRATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SELECTION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

EID: 0030618112     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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