Anaerobic ammonia oxidation in the presence of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by two different lithotrophs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5351-5357

  Schmidt, Ingo ^a   Hermelink, Cristian ^a   Van de Pas Schoonen, Katinka ^a   Strous, Marc ^a   Op den Camp, Huub J ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; STOICHIOMETRY;

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS;

MICROORGANISMS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AMMONIA;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BROCADIA ANAMMOXIDANS; MICROORGANISM; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CANDIDATUS BROCADIA ANAMMOXIDANS; NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 0036840876     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5351-5357.2002     Document Type: Article

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