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Measurement of the Potential Rates of Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium Based on 14NH4+/15NH4+ Analyses via Sequential Conversion to N2O
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Measurement of the Potential Rates of Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium Based on 14NH4+/15NH4+ Analyses via Sequential Conversion to N2O

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nifV-dependent, low-molecular-weight factor required for in vitro synthesis of iron-molybdenum cofactor of

T R Hoover, V K Shah, G P Roberts

    Journal of Bacteriology
    |September 1, 1986
    PubMed

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