TY - JOUR
T1 - A denitrifying activity in an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, erythrobacter sp. strain OCh 114
AU - Shioi, Yuzo
AU - Doi, Michio
AU - Arata, Hiroyuki
AU - Takamiya, Ken Ichiro
PY - 1988/7
Y1 - 1988/7
N2 - An aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Erythrobacter sp. strain OCh 114, was capable of growth under anaerobic conditions in the dark with nitrate as a terminal electron acceptor. The optimal nitrate concentration was about 6 mM for anaerobic growth, although a wide range of concentrations from 1 to 400 mM were effective. A large amount of N2O gas was released during this anaerobic growth, indicating a denitrifying activity in this bacterium. Light had no stimulating or inhibiting effect on the rates of anaerobic growth and gas release. The enzymes responsible for the denitrifying activity, dissimilatory nitrate and nitrite reductases, were present in aerobically grown cells.
AB - An aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Erythrobacter sp. strain OCh 114, was capable of growth under anaerobic conditions in the dark with nitrate as a terminal electron acceptor. The optimal nitrate concentration was about 6 mM for anaerobic growth, although a wide range of concentrations from 1 to 400 mM were effective. A large amount of N2O gas was released during this anaerobic growth, indicating a denitrifying activity in this bacterium. Light had no stimulating or inhibiting effect on the rates of anaerobic growth and gas release. The enzymes responsible for the denitrifying activity, dissimilatory nitrate and nitrite reductases, were present in aerobically grown cells.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001156732
VL - 29
SP - 861
EP - 865
JO - Plant and Cell Physiology
JF - Plant and Cell Physiology
SN - 0032-0781
IS - 5
ER -