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Four strains of Desulfovibrio produced ammonium during growth on a defined medium containing 100 μg NO -3 -N/ml in the presence of 1 mM sulfate. Ammonium was not produced by cultures grown in media devoid of sulfate nor in media containing 35 mM sulfate. The four strains of Desulfovibrio studied reduced 32.7–46% of the available nitrate to ammonium in 21 days incubation. Ammonium production from nitrate was confirmed by recovering 15N-enriched ammonium when 15N-enriched Ca(NO3)2 was utilized as the substrate for the reduction.
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McCready, R.G.L., Gould, W.D. & Cook, F.D. Respiratory nitrate reduction by Desulfovibrio sp.. Arch Microbiol 135, 182–185 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414476
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