Detection of genes for membrane-bound nitrate reductase in nitrate-respiring bacteria and in community DNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-279

  Gregory, Lisa G ^a   Karakas Sen, Asuman ^a   Richardson, David J ^a   Spiro, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Membrane bound nitrate reductase; Nitrate respiration

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033975035     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00667-9     Document Type: Article

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