The Prokaryotic Nitrate Reductases

Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-35

  Richardson, David J ^a   Van Spanning, Rob J M ^b   Ferguson, Stuart J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857544811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452857-5.50003-5     Document Type: Chapter

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