Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Measured in Sediments along the Thames Estuary, United Kingdom

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6447-6454

  Trimmer, Mark ^a   Nicholls, Joanna C ^a   Deflandre, Bruno ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AQUATIC SEDIMENT SYSTEM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; TURNOVER TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS;

EID: 0242489226     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6447-6454.2003     Document Type: Article

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