Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide turnover in natural and engineered microbial communities: Biological pathways, chemical reactions, and novel technologies

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Schreiber, Frank ^a,b   Wunderlin, Pascal ^a   Udert, Kai M ^a   Wells, George F ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dinitrogen oxide; Isotopic signature; Microsensors; Molecular tools; Nitrogen monoxide; Pathway identification; Quantum cascade laser absorption spectroscopy (QCLAS); Site preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873432664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00372     Document Type: Article

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