Experimental investigation of nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation in nitrate and nitrite during denitrification

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 371-384

  Knöller, Kay ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Haupt, Marika ^a   Feisthauer, Stefan ^a   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Isotope exchange; Kinetic isotope fractionation; Nitrate; Nitrite; Nitrogen isotopes; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE;

AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 79952103087     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9483-9     Document Type: Article

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