Differential responses of nirK- and nirS-carrying bacteria to denitrifying conditions in the anoxic rice field soil

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-122

  Yuan, Quan ^a,b   Liu, Pengfei ^a   Lu, Yahai ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM;

EID: 84863032388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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