Molecular analysis of ammonia oxidation and denitrification in natural environments

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-690

  Bothe, Hermann ^a   Jost, Günter ^b   Schloter, Michael ^c   Ward, Bess B ^d   Witzel, Karl Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Antibody of N metabolizing bacteria; Denitrification; DNA probing of N metabolizing bacteria; Molecular ecology; N cycle; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DENITRIFICATION; DNA PROBE; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033765459     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00053-X     Document Type: Review

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