Physiological and gene expression analysis of inhibition of Desulfovibrio vulgaris hildenborough by nitrite.

doi:10.1128/JB.186.23.7944-7950.2004

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Physiological and gene expression analysis of inhibition of Desulfovibrio vulgaris hildenborough by nitrite.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2004

Haveman Shelley A, Greene E Anne, Stilwell Claire P, Voordouw Johanna K, Voordouw Gerrit

Abstract excerpt

A Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough mutant lacking the nrfA gene for the catalytic subunit of periplasmic cytochrome c nitrite reductase (NrfHA) was constructed. In mid-log phase, growth of the wild type in medium containing lactate and sulfate was inhibited by 10 mM nitrite, whereas 0.6 mM ni...

Topics

Cytochromes a1
Cytochromes c1
Desulfovibrio vulgaris
Nitrate Reductases
Nitrates
Nitrites
Phenotype

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