MICROBIOLOGY A fight for scraps of ammonia

被引:26
作者
Kuypers, Marcel M. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Marine Microbiol, Biogeochem Dept, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
关键词
COMPLETE NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-KINETICS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA;
D O I
10.1038/549162a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Bacteria that can oxidize both ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate seem to be better adapted to ammonia-limited environments than most cultured microbes that oxidize ammonia to nitrite only, contrary to expectations. See Letter p.269
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页码:162 / 163
页数:2
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