Structural gene (nirS) for the cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase of Alcaligenes eutrophus H16

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 800-802

  Rees, Effi ^a   Siddiqui, Roman A ^a   Köster, Frank ^b   Schneider, Beate ^b   Friedrich, Bärbel ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME D; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURAL GENE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030895017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.800-802.1997     Document Type: Article

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