Aerobic nitrous oxide production through N-nitrosating hybrid formation in ammonia-oxidizing archaea

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1135-1146

  Stieglmeier, Michaela ^a   Mooshammer, Maria ^a   Kitzler, Barbara ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^b,c   Richter, Andreas ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

co denitrification; greenhouse gas; nitrification; soil

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH; OXYGEN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA MULTIFORMIS;

AMMONIA; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84899491578     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.220     Document Type: Article

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