PRODUCTION OF NO2- AND N2O BY NITRIFYING BACTERIA AT REDUCED CONCENTRATIONS OF OXYGEN
PRODUCTION OF NO2- AND N2O BY NITRIFYING BACTERIA AT REDUCED CONCENTRATIONS OF OXYGEN
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.40.3.526-532.1980
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
WATSON, SW
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作者:
GOREAU, TJ;KAPLAN, WA;WATSON, SW
Pure cultures of the marine ammonium-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas sp. were grown in the laboratory at O2 partial pressures between 0.005-0.2 atm (0.18-7 mg/l). Low O2 conditions induced a marked decrease in the rate for production of NO2-, from 3.6 .times. 10-10 to 0.5 .times. 10-10 mmol of NO2-/cell per day. In contrast, evolution of N2O increased from 1 .times. 10-12 to 4.3 .times. 10-12 mmol of N cell per day. The yield of N2O relative to NO2- increased from 0.3% to nearly 10% (moles of N in the N2/mol of NO2-) as the O2 level was reduced, although bacterial growth rates changed by less than 30%. Nitrifying bacteria from the genera Nitrosomonas, Nitrosobus, Nitrosospira and Nitrosococcus exhibited similar yields of N2O at atmospheric oxygen levels. Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (Nitrobacter sp.) and the dinoflagellate Exuviaella sp. did not produce detectable quantities of N2O during growth. Evidently nitrification is an important source of N2O in the environment.