Nitrogen metabolism in haloarchaea

Saline Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bonete, María José ^a   Martínez Espinosa, Rosa María ^a   Pire, Carmen ^a   Zafrilla, Basilio ^a   Richardson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PROKARYOTE; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA POLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 48249115159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-9     Document Type: Article

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