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Aerobic nitrate respiration in a nitrite-oxidising bioreactor.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Mar 2000
McDevitt C, Burrell P, Blackall L L, McEwan A G
Abstract excerpt
The ability of heterotrophic bacteria in a nitrite-oxidising bioreactor to respire with nitrate as an electron acceptor was examined. Approximately 70% of 1000 heterotrophic isolates were able to express a nitrate reductase. A detailed survey of 15 isolates showed that five expressed the azide-insensitive nitrate reductase encoded by the napA gene. A two-round PCR amplification of the napA gene using degenerate...
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