Bacterial oxygen production in the dark

Bacterial oxygen production in the dark

Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are among Nature’s most powerful electron acceptors. In recent years it became clear that microorganisms can take advantage of the oxidizing power of these compounds to degrade recalcitrant aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. For two unrelated bacterial spe...

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Main Authors: Katharina F. eEttwig, Daan R. eSpeth, Joachim eReimann, Ming L. eWu, Mike S.M. eJetten, Jan T. eKeltjens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Nitric Oxide
NO
NOR
oxygen production
nitric oxide reductase
chlorate reduction
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00273/full

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