Chloramphenicol inhibition of denitrifying enzyme activity in two agricultural soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3487-3492

  Murray, Robert E ^a   Knowles, Roger ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SOIL;

EID: 0032784231     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3487-3492.1999     Document Type: Article

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