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Production of nitrite and N2O by the ammonia-oxidizing nitrifiers

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Nitrogen Fixation

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Nitrosomonas is an obligately autotrophic and aerobic bacterium which produces energy for growth from the following reactions: NH3 + O2 + 2e- → NH2OH (ammonia monoxygenase, “AMO”) (8); NH2OH + H2O → 4e- + 4H+ + HNO2 (hydroxylamine oxidoreductase, “HAO”) (3) and 1/2 O2 + 2e- + 2H+ → H2O (terminal oxidase).

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    Alan B. Hooper, David M. Arciero, Alan A. DiSpirito, James Fuchs, Matthew Johnson, Frank LaQuier, Gary Mundfrom & Hugh McTavish

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Hooper, A.B. et al. (1990). Production of nitrite and N2O by the ammonia-oxidizing nitrifiers. In: Gresshoff, P.M., Roth, L.E., Stacey, G., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6432-0_39

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