Effect of carbon substrate and aeration on nitrate reduction and expression of the periplasmic and membrane-bound nitrate reductases in carbon-limited continuous cultures of Paracoccus denitrificans Pd1222

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3767-3774

  Sears, Heather J ^a   Spiro, Stephen ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic nitrate respiration; Denitrification; Nitrate reductase; Paracoccus denitrificans; Redox balancing

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MALIC ACID; MEMBRANE ENZYME; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

AERATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0031464531     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3767     Document Type: Article

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