Denitrification and ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea wild-type, and NirK- and NorB-deficient mutants

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4107-4114

  Schmidt, Ingo ^a   van Spanning, Rob J M ^b   Jetten, Mike S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DINITROGEN; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFER; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 11044228870     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27382-0     Document Type: Article

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