Definitive 15N NMR evidence that water serves as a source of ‘O’ during nitrite oxidation by Nitrobacter agilis

[摘要]

Using ¹⁸O isotope shifts in ¹⁵N NMR it has been shown that during oxidation of nitrite to nitrate by Nitrobacter agilis, the third ‘O’ in nitrate originates from water.

[学科分类] 生物化学/生物物理

[关键词] Nitrobacter agilis Nitrite oxidation 15 N NMR 15 N-18 O isotope shift