Abstract
Repeated subculturing of Rhodobacter capsulatus strain BK5 under phototrophic conditions on a medium containing butyrate and nitrate led to the appearance of cultures that, unlike the original, produced gas. Isolation of a pure culture of the gas-forming organism revealed that it was a derivative of R. capsulatus BK5 that by virtue of expressing a nitrite reductase can catalyse the complete sequence of the denitrification reactions. The nitrite reductase is of the type that contains copper rather than haem.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 323-328 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 1994 |
Keywords
- Denitrification
- Nitrite reductase
- Rhodobacter capsulatus
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