Nitrate ammonification by Nautilia profundicola AmH: Experimental evidence consistent with a free hydroxylamine intermediate

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Hanson, Thomas E ^a,b   Campbell, Barbara J ^c   Kalis, Katie M ^a   Campbell, Mark A ^d   Klotz, Martin G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epsilonproteobacteria; Hydroxylamine; Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase; Nitrate ammonification; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; SULFUR;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAUTILIA; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; NAUTILIA;

EID: 84885338102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00180     Document Type: Article

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