The relationship of nitrate reducing bacteria on the basis of narH gene sequences and comparison of narH and 16S rDNA based phylogeny

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-57

  Petri, Ralf ^a   Imhoff, Johannes F ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrate reductase (narH); Nitrate reduction; Phylogeny (narH)

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034110176     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80045-4     Document Type: Article

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