Nitrifying and denitrifying pathways of methanotrophic bacteria

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1826-1831

  Stein, Lisa Y ^a   Klotz, Martin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Methanotrophic bacterium; Nitrification; Nitrifier denitrification; Nitrite reductase; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C' BETA; CYTOCHROME P460; HYDROXYLAMINE; HYDROXYLAMINE OXIDASE; METHANE; METHANOL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE NORCB; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE NIRK; NITRITE REDUCTASE NIRS; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMMONIUM OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY YIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; METHANE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; METHANOTROPH; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; METHYLOMICROBIUM ALBUM; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANE; NITRIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 81855220893     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20110712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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