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Physiology and enzymology involved in denitrification by Shewanella putrefaciensNitrate reduction to N2O was investigated in batch cultures of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1, MR-4, and MR-7. All three strains reduced nitrate to nitrite to N2O, and this reduction was coupled to growth, whereas ammonium accumulation was very low (0 to 1 micromol liter-1). All S. putrefaciens isolates were also capable of reducing nitrate aerobically; under anaerobic conditions, nitrite levels were three- to sixfold higher than those found under oxic conditions. Nitrate reductase activities (31 to 60 micromol of nitrite min-1 mg of protein-1) detected in intact cells of S. putrefaciens were equal to or higher than those seen in Escherichia coli LE 392. Km values for nitrate reduction ranged from 12 mM for MR-1 to 1.3 mM for MR-4 with benzyl viologen as an artifical electron donor. Nitrate and nitrite reductase activities in cell-free preparations were demonstrated in native gels by using reduced benzyl viologen. Detergent treatment of crude and membrane extracts suggested that the nitrate reductases of MR-1 and MR-4 are membrane bound. When the nitrate reductase in MR-1 was partially purified, three subunits (90, 70, and 55 kDa) were detected in denaturing gels. The nitrite reductase of MR-1 is also membrane bound and appeared as a 60-kDa band in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels after partial purification.
Document ID
20040121965
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Krause, B.
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53204 United States)
Nealson, K. H.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Applied and environmental microbiology
Volume: 63
Issue: 7
ISSN: 0099-2240
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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