144th Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, 1999 Fleming Lecture, 8 September 1999: Bacterial respiration: A flexible process for a changing environment

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 551-571

  Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial respiration; Fe(III) respiration; Nitrate reductase; Nitric oxide reductase; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C; FERRIC ION; HEME; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DENITRIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRON METABOLISM; PARACOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034015380     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-551     Document Type: Review

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