Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-444-52857-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 452 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 943 g

All organisms require nitrogen to live and grow. The movement of nitrogen between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere in different forms is described by the nitrogen cycle. This book is an activity of the COST 856 Action on Denitrification. It covers all aspects of the N-cycle: chemistry, biology (enzymology, molecular biology), physics, applied aspects (greenhouse effect, N-pollution problems, practices in farming, in waste-water treatment, and more). In this book, leading editors offer the latest research available on dentrification (reduction of nitrates or nitrites commonly by bacteria- as in soil).

Zielgruppe

Graduate/postdoc scientists, doctoral students in the field of denitrification and the ecological balance in nitrogen and the environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bothe, Hermann

Ferguson, Stuart

Newton, William E

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. THE BIOLOGY OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE

II. DENITRIFICATION

III. BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION

IV. OTHER REACTIONS OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE