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Denitrifying bacteria have been identified in over 50 genera with over 125 different species and are estimated to represent 10-15% of bacteria population in water, soil and sediment. [3] Denitrifying include for example several species of Pseudomonas, Alcaligenes, Bacillus and others. Pseudomonas stutzeri, a species of denitrifying bacteria
Enzymes NapAB, NirS, NirK and NosZ are located in the periplasm, a wide space bordered by the cytoplasmic and the outer membrane in Gram-negative bacteria. [16] A variety of environmental factors can influence the rate of denitrification on an ecosystem-wide scale. For example, temperature and pH have been observed to impact denitrification rates.
Water treatment often relies on the activity of anaerobically denitrifying bacteria in order to remove nitrate from water. [5] However, due to the absence of oxygen, nitrate cannot be fully reduced to dinitrogen, thus nitrate remains in the water or it is converted to nitrous oxide. [5]
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The denitrifying property of Paracoccus denitrificans has been used in creating a bioreactor, in this case, a tubular gel containing two bacteria, for the removal of nitrogen from wastewater. Paracoccus denitrificans reduces nitrite to nitrogen gas while Nitrosomonas europaea oxidizes ammonia to nitrite, thus fueling the former metabolism.
Nitrosomonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria.It is one of the five genera of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria [8] and, as an obligate chemolithoautotroph, [9] uses ammonia as an energy source and carbon dioxide as a carbon source in the presence of oxygen.
The most common bacteria responsible for the two step conversion are the autotrophic organisms, Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter, and many different heterotrophs. The former obtain energy from the oxidation of ammonia, obtain carbon from CO 2, and use oxygen as the electron acceptor. They are termed autotrophic because of their carbon source and ...
Thus, denitrifiers comprise the principal group of N 2 O producers, with roles played also by nitrifiers, methanotrophic bacteria, and fungi. Among them, only denitrifying prokaryotes have the ability to convert N 2 O to N 2. [3] Conversion of N 2 O into N 2 is the last step of a complete nitrate denitrification process and is an autonomous ...