NITROUS-OXIDE PRODUCTION BY ORGANISMS OTHER THAN NITRIFIERS OR DENITRIFIERS
NITROUS-OXIDE PRODUCTION BY ORGANISMS OTHER THAN NITRIFIERS OR DENITRIFIERS
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.44.6.1342-1348.1982
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
TIEDJE, JM
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文献类型:
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作者:
BLEAKLEY, BH;TIEDJE, JM
Heterotrophic bacteria, yeasts, fungi, plants and animal breath were investigated as possible sources of N2O. Microbes producing N2O from NO3- but not consuming it included: all of the NO3--respiring bacteria examined (strains of Escherichia, Serratia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia and Bacillus); 1 of the assimilatory NO3--reducing bacteria examined (Azotobacter vinelandii), but not Azotobacter macrocytogenes or Acinetobacter sp.; and some but not all of the assimilatory NO3--reducing yeasts and fungi (strains of Hansenula, Rhodotorula, Aspergillus, Alternaria and Fusarium). The NO3--reducing obligate anaerobe Clostridium KDHS2 did not produce N2O. Production of N2O occurred only in stationary phase. The NO3- respiring bacteria produced much more N2O than the other organisms; with yields of N2O ranging from 3-36% of 3.5 mM NO3-. Production of N2O was apparently not regulated by NH4+ and was restricted to aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Plants did not appear to produce N2O, although N2O arose from some damaged plant tops, probably due to microbial growth. Concentrations of N2O above the ambient level in the atmosphere were found in human breath and appeared to increase after a meal of high-nitrate food.