Nitrogen metabolism and kinetics of ammonia-oxidizing archaea

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2011, Pages 465-487

  Martens Habbena, Willm ^a   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIUM; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROSPIROMETRY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 79955509608     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386489-5.00019-1     Document Type: Chapter

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