Temperature dependence of inorganic nitrogen uptake: Reduced affinity for nitrate at suboptimal temperatures in both algae and bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2577-2584

  Reay, David S ^a   Nedwell, David B ^a   Priddle, Julian ^b   Ellis Evans, J Cynan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOSTAT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033043681     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2577-2584.1999     Document Type: Article

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