Inhibition of denitrification activity but not of mRNA induction in Paracoccus dentrificans by nitrite at a suboptimal pH

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-189

  Baumann, Barbara ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a   Snozzi, Mario ^a   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Denitrification; mRNA; Nitrite reductase; Paracoccus denitrificans; pH

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROUS ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 9844230419     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000342125891     Document Type: Article

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