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Unexpected nondenitrifier nitrous oxide reductase gene diversity and abundance in soils.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Nov 2012
Sanford Robert A, Wagner Darlene D, Wu Qingzhong, Chee-Sanford Joanne C, Thomas Sara H, Cruz-García Claribel, Rodríguez Gina, Massol-Deyá Arturo, Krishnani Kishore K, Ritalahti Kirsti M, Nissen Silke, Konstantinidis Konstantinos T, Löffler Frank E
Abstract excerpt
Agricultural and industrial practices more than doubled the intrinsic rate of terrestrial N fixation over the past century with drastic consequences, including increased atmospheric nitrous oxide (N(2)O) concentrations. N(2)O is a potent greenhouse gas and contributor to ozone layer destruction, and its release from fixed N is almost entirely controlled by microbial activities. Mitigation of N(2)O emissions to...
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