Isolation and characterization of thermotolerant bacterium utilizing ammonium and nitrate ions under aerobic conditions

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-390

  Takenaka, Shinji ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Kuntiya, Ampin ^b   Seesuriyachan, Phisit ^b   Murakami, Shuichiro ^a   Aoki, Kenji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aerobic condition; Ammonium nitrate; Bacillus licheniformis; Denitrification; Ferrous ion; Thermotolerant bacterium

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES;

AEROBIC CONDITION; AMMONIUM NITRATE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; FERROUS IONS; THERMOTOLERANT BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA;

NITRATE; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACILLUS; BIOREACTORS; HEAT; NITRATES; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847318870     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9255-8     Document Type: Article

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