Ammonification in Bacillus subtilis utilizing dissimilatory nitrite reductase is dependent on resDE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 186-199

  Hoffmann, Tamara ^a,b,c   Frankenberg, Nicole ^a   Marino, Marco ^a   Jahn, Dieter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031963258     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.186-189.1998     Document Type: Article

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