Microbiology, ecology, and application of the nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation process

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Li Dong ^a   He, Zhan Fei ^a   Zhu, Qun ^b   Chen, DongQing ^b   Lou, Li Ping ^a   Xu, Xiang Yang ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Hu, Bao Lan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas control; Intra aerobic pathway; NC10 phylum; Nitrogen removal; Unique ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875765381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00269     Document Type: Review

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