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The anaerobic life of Bacillus subtilis: cloning of the genes encoding the respiratory nitrate reductase system.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Sept 1995
Hoffmann T, Troup B, Szabo A, Hungerer C, Jahn D
Abstract excerpt
The Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, generally regarded as an aerobe, grows under strict anaerobic conditions using nitrate as an electron acceptor and should be designated as a facultative anaerobe. Growth experiments demonstrated a lag phase of 24 to 36 hours after the shift from aerobic, to the onset of anaerobic respiratory growth. Anaerobically adapted cells grew without further lag phase...
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