Nitrosomonas europaea expresses a nitric oxide reductase during nitrification

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4417-4421

  Beaumont, Hubertus J E ^a,b   Van Schooten, Bas ^a   Lens, Sylvia I ^a   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a   Van Spanning, Rob J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; FNR GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; NORB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

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

EID: 3042513819     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4417-4421.2004     Document Type: Article

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