Article
The impact of copper, nitrate and carbon status on the emission of nitrous oxide by two species of bacteria with biochemically distinct denitrification pathways.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2012
Felgate Heather, Giannopoulos Georgios, Sullivan Matthew J, Gates Andrew J, Clarke Thomas A, Baggs Elizabeth, Rowley Gary, Richardson David J
Abstract excerpt
Denitrifying bacteria convert nitrate (NO(3) (-) ) to dinitrogen (N(2) ) gas through an anaerobic respiratory process in which the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N(2) O) is a free intermediate. These bacteria can be grouped into classes that synthesize a nitrite (NO(2) (-) ) reductase (Nir) that is solely dependent on haem-iron as a cofactor (e.g. Paracoccus denitrificans) or a Nir...
Topics
- Achromobacter denitrificans
- Carbon
- Copper
- Denitrification
- Nitrates
- Nitrites
- Nitrous Oxide
- Oxidoreductases
- Paracoccus denitrificans
- Phenotype