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Growth curves (monitored by spectrophotometry) of E. coli ATCC 25922 in urine at pH 5.0 (A) and pH 5.5 (B) with different amounts of sodium nitrite (20 to 160 μM) and a fixed concentration of 10 mM ascorbic acid (AA). Data are means ± standard deviations (n = 4).