Comparison of Nitrosospira strains isolated from terrestrial environments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-186

  Jiang, Qing Qiao ^a   Bakken, Lars R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacterium; Ecophysiology; Nitrification; Nitrosospira; Soil; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 0032878687     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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