Ammonium limitation results in the loss of ammonia oxidizing activity in Nitrosomonas europaea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1514-1521

  Stein, Lisa Y ^a   Arp, Daniel J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AMMONIA; HYDROXYLAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHANE; NITRITE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0031980273     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1514-1521.1998     Document Type: Article

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