On the possibility of nitrification in extremely alkaline soda biotopes

Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-339

  Sorokin, D Yu ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alkaline habitats; Alkaliphiles; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644555227     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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