Oxygen isotopic exchange and fractionation during bacterial ammonia oxidation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 753-762

  Casciotti, Karen L ^a   McIlvin, Matthew ^a   Buchwald, Carolyn ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 77951859206     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0753     Document Type: Article

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