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TABLE 3.

Nitrate reductase activity in cell-free sonicates

Culture treatment Nitrite reductase activitya
Aerobicb NRP-1c SSPd
No nitrate 20 ± 1 22 ± 5 9 ± 1
5 mM NO3 21 ± 1 18 ± 3 6 ± 1
20 mM NO3 21 ± 2 22 ± 4 ND
a

Mean nitrite reductase activity (in nanomoles of NO2 per minute per milligram of protein) ± standard deviation.

b

After 112 h of growth (OD580 of ∼0.4).

c

After 112 h, approximately 45 h in NRP-1 (OD580 of 0.1).

d

After 280 h of growth (OD580 > 1.0). ND, not done.

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