Ammonium induces differential expression of methane and nitrogen metabolism-related genes in Methylocystis sp. strain SC2

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3115-3127

  Dam, Bomba ^a,b,c   Dam, Somasri ^a,b,d   Kim, Yongkyu ^a,b   Liesack, Werner ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLOCYSTIS;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; NITROGEN; OXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHANE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84907879709     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12367     Document Type: Article

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