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Denitrification


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hb was added to an anaerobic bacterial suspension and denitrification was initiated with either KNO2 or KNO3.
  • (2) A spectrophotometric method has been developed that uses extracellular hemoglobin (Hb) to trap nitric oxide (NO) released during denitrification as nitrosyl hemoglobin (HbNO).
  • (3) When [15]nitrite was used as substrate for the N2-forming denitrification, 15N2O, 15NO, and 14N15N were obtained as the products.
  • (4) Simultaneous processes of nitrification and denitrification were observed in optimal aerated manure similar to activated sludge processes.
  • (5) In faecal slurries, however, denitrification was a relatively minor route of NO3- dissimilation, since only about 3% of the NO3- was converted to gaseous products, with NO3- being mainly reduced to NO2- and NH4+.
  • (6) Conversely, energy was conserved when either nitrate, nitrite or nitrous oxide functioned as the oxidants during denitrification-dependent proton translocation experiments.
  • (7) A highly sensitive denitrification bioassay was developed for detection of NO3- and NO2- in rhizosphere soil samples.
  • (8) The kinetics of each step of denitrification was examined in resting cell suspensions.
  • (9) Effects of illumination on denitrification varied with electron donors.
  • (10) Effects of various inhibitors on denitrification were examined in light-succinate and dark-lactate systems.
  • (11) The regulation of nitrate respiration at the level of transport by oxygen may represent a major mechanism by which the entire denitrification pathway is regulated in P. aeruginosa.
  • (12) Mineralization of the labile fraction of the soil organic carbon via microbial denitrification occurred without an observed acclimation period and was rapid compared with PAH degradation.
  • (13) Denitrification by two of the strains was quantitatively studied using cell suspensions.
  • (14) Comparison of the cell growth during denitrification indicated that the dissimilatory reduction of nitrate to nitrite is an energetically favorable process in F. oxysporum; however, further reduction of nitrite to N2O might be energy-exhausting and may function as a detoxification mechanism.
  • (15) The yields varied with sparging rates in agreement with a quantitative model of denitrification (Betlach, M. P., and Tiedje, J.M.
  • (16) Effects of illumination on the denitrification of nitrite were similar to those involving nitrate.
  • (17) Our observations provide evidence for a denitrification pathway in vivo of NO2(-)----NO----N2O, and N,N-bond formation catalyzed by NO reductase and not by cytochrome cd1.
  • (18) One of the reasons for this change is the process of denitrification due to changes in the hydrogeochemical conditions in a layer.
  • (19) The bulk of the denitrification activity was associated with the accumulation of NO3- in the oxidized surface zone of the sediment, but a secondary denitrification zone was occasionally found in the deeper layers where oxidized patches had been introduced by the burrowing activity of the macrofauna.
  • (20) Reports of the simultaneous use of oxygen and denitrification by different species of bacteria have become more common over the past few years.

Denitrify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This denitrifying isolate is serologically unrelated to the comprehensively described Gram-negative obligately aerobic NTA-degrading bacteria all of which belong to the alpha-subclass of Proteobacteria.
  • (2) NCIB 11015, Achromobacter xylosoxidans GIFU 543); II, denitrifying bacteria in which cytochrome c' has not been found (Alcaligenes faecalis IAM 1015, Bacillus firmus NIAS 237, Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 17641); III, non-denitrifying bacterium containing cytochrome c' (A. xylosoxidans GIFU 1055).
  • (3) Numbers of proteolytic, nitrate assimilating, denitrifying, and cellulolytic bacteria were estimated.
  • (4) N2O uptake activity of cells and N2O reductase activity of the soluble fraction from denitrifying bacteria were assayed.
  • (5) Moreover, the separation time of most of the denitrifying bacteria from other non-denitrifying bacteria belonging to the same subgroup is recent.
  • (6) However, the remainder of the denitrifying pathway was constitutive and, like T. pantotropha, "Ps.
  • (7) The oxidation of cytochromes during the reduction of N2O to N2 by a denitrifying bacterium was studied spectrophotometrically.
  • (8) Suspensions of denitrifying cells of Pseudomonas perfectomarinus reduced nitrate and nitrate as expected to dinitrogen; but, in the presence of acetylene, nitrous oxide accumulated when nitrate or nitrate was reduced.
  • (9) The growth and survival of several rifampin-resistant isolates of denitrifying bacteria were examined under anaerobic (denitrifying) and aerobic conditions.
  • (10) Under anaerobic circumstances in the presence of nitrate Paracoccus denitrificans is able to denitrify.
  • (11) This pigment has not been reported previously for P. aeruginosa but it has been detected in other denitrifying bacteria including closely related Pseudomonas species.
  • (12) Nitrous oxide (N2O) respiration by the denitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri requires the synthesis of the multi-copper enzyme N2O reductase, nosZ, the structural gene for this enzyme, is part of a DNA region of approximately 8 kbp that carries several essential genes.
  • (13) The number of ammonifiers and denitrifiers in the solution increased significantly by the end of plant vegetation; the amount of denitrifiers inhabiting the roots decreased during vegetation and that of ammonifiers increased.
  • (14) This strain seems to denitrify nitrite more rapidly than nitrate.
  • (15) Most probable number counts showed that denitrifying species were the numerically predominant NO3- reducing bacteria in the faeces of five methanogenic individuals [about 10(10) bacteria (g dry wt faeces)-1].
  • (16) Plasmid pCBI, carrying genes for the anaerobic degradation of benzoate in strain PN-1, is 17.4 kilobase pairs in length and is transmissible to a number of denitrifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas stutzeri strains.
  • (17) Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies were raised against the nitrosating enzyme previously isolated and purified from a denitrifying bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • (18) A gas chromatographic method was used to demonstrate that nitrite can counteract the inhibition by azide of nitrous oxide reductase activity in denitrifiers.
  • (19) However, under anaerobic non-denitrifying conditions (anaerobic growth on arginine), the promoter activity of the operon was approximately one-fifth of that under anaerobic denitrifying conditions (anaerobic growth in the presence of nitrite or nitrate).
  • (20) The production and subsequent metabolism of N2O was considerably different among the denitrifying strains: in some instances, N2O was a transient intermediate, while in others, it continued to accumulate during the incubation period.

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