Biological denitrification

Nitrogen in Agricultural Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 289-326

  Firestone, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological denitrification; Cellular material; Chemoheterotrophs; Denitrifying genera; Electron donors; Fixed nitrogen

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EID: 85102325957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr22.c8     Document Type: Chapter

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