Nitrogen transformations in stratified aquatic microbial ecosystems

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-375

  Revsbech, Niels Peter ^a   Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^b   Schramm, Andreas ^a   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750625721     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9087-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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