Different physiological roles of two independent pathways for nitrite reduction to ammonia by enteric bacteria

Lisa Page; Lesley Griffiths; Jeff A. Cole

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Different physiological roles of two independent pathways for nitrite reduction to ammonia by enteric bacteria

Lisa Page

Lesley Griffiths Jeff A. Cole

Archiv f�r Mikrobiologie Vol. 154 No. 4 pp. 349-354 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Lisa Page, Lesley Griffiths, Jeff A. Cole (1990). Different physiological roles of two independent pathways for nitrite reduction to ammonia by enteric bacteria. Archiv f�r Mikrobiologie, 154(4), 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00276530

Different physiological roles of two independent pathways for nitrite reduction to ammonia by enteric bacteria

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