The role of the nitrate respiration element of Thermus thermophilus in the control and activity of the denitrification apparatus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 522-533

  Cava, Felipe ^a   Zafra, Olga ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^b   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSPOSON;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 38049185020     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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