Bacterial oxygen production in the dark
Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are among Nature’s most powerful electron acceptors. In recent years it became clear that microorganisms can take advantage of the oxidizing power of these compounds to degrade recalcitrant aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. For two unrelated bacterial spe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00273/full |