Ammonia or Ammonium Ion as Substrate for Oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea Cells and Extracts
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 120 (1) , 556-558
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.120.1.556-558.1974
Abstract
The effect of pH on the K m values for ammonia was studied in its oxidation by Nitrosomonas cells and cell-free extracts. The K m values decreased markedly with increasing pH, suggesting (NH 3 ) rather than (NH 4 + ) as the actual substrate for oxidation.Keywords
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