Uncoupling effect of nitrite during denitrification by Pseudomonas fluorescens: An in vivo 31P-NMR study

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 176-182

  Sijbesma, Wilbert F H ^a   Almeida, Jonas S ^b   Reis, Maria A M ^b,c   Santos, Helena ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

31P NMR; denitrification; intracellular pH; nitrite toxicity; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; TOXICITY;

CARRAGEENAN; NITRITE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

DENITRIFICATION;

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL PH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENITRIFICATION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REDUCTION;

EID: 0030571212     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961005)52:1<176::AID-BIT18>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Conference Paper

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