Low-concentration kinetics of atmospheric CH4 oxidation in soil and mechanism of NH4+ inhibition

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4291-4298

  Gulledge, Jay ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; METHANOGENESIS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PINE; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031764264     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4291-4298.1998     Document Type: Article

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