Effect of tungstate on nitrate reduction by the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3004-3008

  Afshar, Sepideh ^a   Kim, Christopher ^a   Monbouquette, Harold G ^a   Schröder, Imke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PEPTONE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM;

EID: 0031927321     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3004-3008.1998     Document Type: Article

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