Measuring nitrification, denitrification, and related biomarkers in terrestrial geothermal ecosystems

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 486, Issue C, 2011, Pages 171-203

  Dodsworth, Jeremy A ^a   Hungate, Bruce ^b   De La Torre, José R ^c   Jiang, Hongchen ^d   Hedlund, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; EXTRACTION; HABITAT; LAND BIOME; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 78650956795     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381294-0.00008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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