Denitrification pathway enzymes of thermophiles

Thermophiles: Biology and Technology at High Temperatures

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 161-175

  De Vries, Simon ^a   Schröder, Imke ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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