denitrifying bacteria

[dē′nī·trə‚fī·iŋ bak′tir·ē·ə]

(microbiology)

Bacteria that reduce nitrates to nitrites or nitrogen gas; most are found in soil.

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Denitrifying Bacteria

bacteria that reduce nitrates to molecular nitrogen. Denitrifying bacteria include representatives of Pseudomonas, Achromobacter, Bacillus, and Micrococcus. All denitrifying bacteria are aerobes, and they can oxidize organic matter by means of atmospheric oxygen. However, when anaerobic conditions prevail, they use the oxygen of nitrates as an electron acceptor (“respiration by means of nitrates”). Denitrifying bacteria are grown on culture media with nitrates and an indicator that changes color when the nitrates are reduced. The bacteria are widespread in soil and in the water and soil of bodies of water.

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Analysis of nitrite reductases (nirK and nirS) genes and cultivation reveal a depauperate community of denitrifying bacteria in the Black Sea suboxic zone.

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Alexander M (1965) Denitrifying bacteria. In 'Methods of soil analysis.

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Effects of simulated wintertime flooding to control erosion on selected chemical and microbial properties of agricultural soils in the Mississippi Delta