Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 33, No. 137 (December 1982), pp. 1111-1121 (11 pages) Freshly harvested ammonium-grown cells of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum cannot take up nitrite but ...

A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine environments has been shown to use solid-state matter present outside their cells for respiration. The ...

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Nitrate+nitrite: Nitrate + nitrite is analyzed using the SEAL Analytical AQ2 Discrete Analyzer. Nitrate is chemically reduced to nitrite with a cadmium coil. The nitrite (original nitrite plus nitrate ...

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