Dissimilatory Nitrite Reductase Genes from Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2213-2221

  Casciotti, Karen L ^a   Ward, Bess B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035350952     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2213-2221.2001     Document Type: Article

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