Aerobic and anaerobic nitrate and nitrite reduction in free-living cells of Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-337

  Polcyn, Wladyslaw ^a   Luciński, Robert ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus); Dissimilatory ammonification; Nitrate reduction; Nitrite reduction; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ELECTRON; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; STOICHIOMETRY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ENZYME INDUCTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; LUPINUS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0642346959     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00620-7     Document Type: Article

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