Effects of carbon substrates on nitrite accumulation in freshwater sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Kelso, Beverley H L ^a   Smith, Roger V ^a,b   Laughlin, Ronald J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; FORMIC ACID; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; NITRITE; NITROGEN 15;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032931771     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.61-66.1999     Document Type: Article

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