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Paracoccus halodenitrificans produced a membrane-associated nitrite reductase. Spectrophotometric analysis showed it to be associated with a cd-cytochrome and located on the inner side of the cytoplasmic membrane. When supplied with nitrite, membrane preparations produced nitrous oxide and nitric oxide in different ratios depending on the electron donor employed. The nitrite reductase was maximally active at relatively low concentrations of sodium chloride and remained attached to the membranes at 100 mM sodium chloride.
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Grant, M.A., Hochstein, L.I. A dissimilatory nitrite reductase in Paracoccus halodenitrificans . Arch. Microbiol. 137, 79–84 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425812
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