Formate dependent nitrate and nitrite reduction to ammonia by Citrobacter freundii and competition with denitrifying bacteria |
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Authors: | Bert Rehr Jobst-Heinrich Klemme |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Biotechnologie 1 der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH, Postfach 1913, D-5170 Jülich, FRG;(2) Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 5300 Bonn 1, FRG |
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Abstract: | Citrobacter freundii, Paracoccus denitrificans and Pseudomonas stutzeri were grown either singly or in mixed culture in anaerobic nitrate or nitrite limited chemostats with formate and/or succinate as electron donors and carbon sources. C. freundii reduced nitrate or nitrite stoichiometrically to ammonia. Maximum molar growth yields for nitrate (nitrite) were 15.3 (9.9) g/mol for C. freundii on formate with succinate as carbon source, 15.3 (9.5) g/mol for Ps. stutzeri on succinate and 32.3 (20.4) g/mol for Pa. denitrificans on succinate. The almost identical growth yields indicate that the ATP output of the anaerobic processes in the nitrate (nitrite) ammonifying organism and Ps. stutzeri are nearly the same. In mixed cultures with either Ps. stutzeri or Pa. denitrificans, C. freundii was the best competitor for nitrate. These results show that in anaerobic environments C. freundii may compete successfully with denitrifying organisms. |
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Keywords: | Chemostat Citrobacter freundii denitrification nitrate ammonification Paracoccus denitrificans Pseudomonas stutzeri |
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