Differences in hydrogenase and APS-reductase activity between Desulfovibrio desulfuricans strains growing on sulphate or nitrate

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-15

  Dzierzewicz, Zofia ^a   Cwalina, Beata ^a   Chodurek, Ewa ^a   Bułaś, Lucyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

APS reductase; Bacteria; Desulfovibrio desulfuricans; Hydrogenase; Nitrate; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031520827     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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