Impact of bacterial NO3- transport on sediment biogeochemistry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7575-7577

  Sayama, Mikio ^a   Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^b   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^c   Fossing, Henrik ^b   Christensen, Peter Bondo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS;

AEROBIC OXIDATION; BEGGIATOA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BEGGIATOA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; SEDIMENT; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; THIOTRICHACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; OXYGEN; THIOTRICHACEAE;

EID: 32044451044     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7575-7577.2005     Document Type: Article

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