Introduction to the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Denitrification

Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-20

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452857-5.50002-3     Document Type: Chapter

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