Bacterial nitrate assimilation: gene distribution and regulation
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Bacterial nitrate assimilation: gene distribution and regulation.
In the context of the global nitrogen cycle, the importance of inorganic nitrate for the nutrition and growth of marine and freshwater autotrophic phytoplankton has long been recognized. In contrast, the utilization of nitrate by heterotrophic bacteria has historically received less attention because the primary role of these organisms has classically been considered to be the decomposition and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Society Transactions
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0300-5127,1470-8752
DOI: 10.1042/bst20110688