Acetylene and oxygen as inhibitors of ni
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Nicole Wrage; Gerard L Velthof; Oene Oenema; Hendrikus J Laanbroek
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria produce nitrous oxide (N(2)O) as a by-product of nitrification or as an intermediate of nitrifier denitrification. In soil incubations, acetylene (C(2)H(2)) and large partial pressures of oxygen (O(2)) are used to distinguish between these sources. C(2)H(2) inh