Functional gene hybridization patterns of terrestrial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-302

  Bruns, M A ^a   Fries, M R ^a   Tiedje, J M ^a   Paul, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; AMMONIA; AUTOTROPHIC AMMONIA OXIDATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CYTOCHROME C 554; DENITRIFICATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE PROBE; HYDROXYLAMINE OXIDOREDUCTASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032412330     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900116     Document Type: Article

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