Differential tolerance of hydroxylamine by an Alcaligenes sp., a heterotrophic nitrifier, and by Nitrobacter agilis
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 28 (1) , 148-150
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m82-018
Abstract
An Alcaligenes sp. isolated from soil and shown to be an active heterotrophic nitrifier was found to be highly tolerant of hydroxylamine. Growth of this organism occurred in medium containing as much as 235 mg NH2OH-N∙L−1. Joint culturing of the Alcaligenes sp. and Nitrobacter agilis in medium containing 18 mg NH2OH-N∙L−1 resulted in the eventual synthesis of nitrite and nitrate. However, N. agilis cultured separately in the presence of hydroxylamine at concentrations as low as 5 mg NH2OH-N∙L−1 was subsequently unable to convert nitrite to nitrate.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- BIOSYNTHESIS OF NITRO COMPOUNDS IJournal of Bacteriology, 1964
- Aspartase-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Hydroxyaspartic Acid*Biochemistry, 1963