Nitrogen, carbon, and sulfur metabolism in natural Thioploca samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3148-3157

  Otte, Sandra ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a   Nielsen, Lars P ^b   Paerl, Hans W ^c   Zopfi, Jakob ^d   Schulz, Heide N ^d   Teske, Andreas ^e   Strotmann, Bettina ^c   Gallardo, Victor A ^f   Jørgensen, Bo B ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0033050647     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.3148-3157.1999     Document Type: Article

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