Distribution and Diversity of Dissimilatory NO2− Reductases in Denitrifying Bacteria

  • Mark S. Coyne
  • James A. Tiedje
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Part of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series book series (FEMS, volume 56)

Abstract

Denitrification is the biological reduction of nitrogenous oxides to gaseous products during anaerobic bacterial growth. Some organisms, Thiosphaera pantotropha in particular, appear to denitrify in aerobic conditions (Robertson and Kuenen, 1984). However, denitrification can usually be delimited by these criterion (Tiedje, 1988):
  1. (1)

    It is sensitive to oxygen inhibition;

     
  2. (2)

    Growth yield will be proportional to the amount of nitrogenous oxide present;

     
  3. (3)

    Eighty percent or more of the available NO 3 − or NO 2 − will accumulate as N2O or N2;

     
  4. (4)

    NO 3 − or NO 2 − will be rapidly dissimilated without NH 4 + accumulation;

     
  5. (5)

    A dissimilatory NO 2 − reductase (dNir) will be present.

     

Keywords

Nitrite Reductase Western Immunoblot Alcaligenes Faecalis Denitrify Bacterium Cytochrome Oxidase Activity 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mark S. Coyne
    • 1
  • James A. Tiedje
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Crop and Soil SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingUSA

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