Enzymology and ecology of the nitrogen cycle

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-178

  Martínez Espinosa, Rosa María ^a   Cole, Jeffrey A ^b   Richardson, David J ^c   Watmough, Nicholas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

FUNGI;

EID: 79551481522     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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