Shell biofilm-associated nitrous oxide production in marine molluscs: Processes, precursors and relative importance

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1943-1955

  Heisterkamp, Ines M ^a   Schramm, Andreas ^b   Larsen, Lone H ^b   Svenningsen, Nanna B ^b   Lavik, Gaute ^a   de Beer, Dirk ^a   Stief, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLLUSC; NITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; MOLLUSCA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; HINIA RETICULATA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84880043734     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02823.x     Document Type: Article

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