Imprint of denitrifying bacteria on the global terrestrial biosphere

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 21713-21716

  Houlton, Benjamin Z ^a   Bai, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Ecosystem; Isotope; Microbe; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORMETHINE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; EFFUSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76049092869     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912111106     Document Type: Article

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