Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Hooper, Alan B ^a   Vannelli, Todd ^a   Bergmann, David J ^a   Arciero, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase; Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase; Methane monooxygenase; Nitrification; Nitrosomonas

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C PEROXIDASE; METHANE; NITRITE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHANE; NITRITES; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 0031036902     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000133919203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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