The requirement of rpoN (sigma factor σ54) in denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri is indirect and restricted to the reduction of nitrite and nitric oxide

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3092-3095

  Härtig, Elisabeth ^a   Zumft, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0345451020     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3092-3095.1998     Document Type: Article

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