Metabolism of Inorganic N Compounds by Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 471-495

  Arp, Daniel J ^a   Stein, Lisa Y ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase; Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase; N cycle; Nitrification; Nitrite reductase; Nitrosomonas europaea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME P460; HYDROXYLAMINE; HYDROXYLAMINE OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REDUCTION KINETICS; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0345863540     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230390267446     Document Type: Review

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