Diversity of oxygen and N-oxide regulation of nitrite reductases in denitrifying bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-60

  Ka, Jong Ok ^a   Urbance, John ^b   Ye, Rick W ^c   Ahn, Tae Young ^d   Tiedje, James M ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrite reductase activity; Oxygen regulation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031277811     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00404-7     Document Type: Article

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