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Nitrobacter

 
 
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Disease relevance of Nitrobacter

  • Insufficient populations of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter were found in a Pahokee muck soil (Lithic medidaprit) to account for the nitrate concentration observed [1].
  • 2. Yeast extract-peptone solution, in which Pseudomonas fluorescens had grown, after removal of the cells was added to autotrophically growing cultures of Nitrobacter agilis; it caused a stimulated nitrite oxidation and growth of Nitrobacter agilis [2].
  • Cytochrome a-type terminal oxidases derived from Thiobacillus novellus and Nitrobacter agilis have been purified to a homogeneous state as judged from their electrophoretic behavior and their subunit structures studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate [3].
 

High impact information on Nitrobacter

  • Cytochrome components which participate in the oxidation of nitrite in Nitrobacter winogradskyi have been highly purified and their properties studied in detail [4].
  • Oxygen exchange between nitrate molecules during nitrite oxidation by Nitrobacter [5].
  • 1. In electron-transport particles (ET particles) prepared from Nitrobacter winogradskyi, the uncoupling agent carbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazone increased the rate of NADH oxidation but decreased the rate of oxidation of NO2-. Its effectiveness in stimulating NADH oxidation closely paralleled its effectiveness in inhibiting NO2- oxidation [6].
  • This high degree of purification was achieved by a novel enrichment protocol, which exploits physiological features of Nitrospira-like bacteria and includes the selective repression of coexisting Nitrobacter cells and heterotrophic contaminants by application of ampicillin in a final concentration of 50 microg ml(-1) [7].
  • Improvement of NaNO2-oxidizing activity in Nitrobacter vulgaris by coentrapment in polyacrylamide containing polydimethylsiloxane copolymer and DEAE-sephadex [8].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Nitrobacter

 

Biological context of Nitrobacter

  • Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrobacter winogradskyi (strain "Engel") were grown in ammonia-limited and nitrite-limited conditions, respectively, in a retentostat with complete biomass retention at 25 degrees C and pH 8 [12].
  • The 16S rRNA gene sequences of isolates AN1, AN2, and AN4 showed high similarity (> or = 99.8%) to each other, and to sequences of Nitrobacter strain R6 and of Nitrobacter winogradskyi [13].
 

Gene context of Nitrobacter

  • Membrane-bound cytochrome c is an alternative electron donor for cytochrome aa3 in Nitrobacter winogradskyi [14].
  • When PCR amplification was coupled with the MPN method, the counting rate reached 65 to 72% of inoculated Nitrobacter cells [15].
  • Purification and characterization of ATPase from Nitrobacter winogradskyi [16].
  • In recent studies using 16S rRNA sequencing, the nonphotosynthetic Nitrobacter strains were shown to be phylogenetically closely related to R. palustris [17].
  • Cytochrome aa3 (cytochrome c oxidase) and cytochrome c were purified from Nitrobacter agilis, and some of their properties were compared with those of the respective counterparts of eukaryote from the evolutionary point of view [18].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Nitrobacter

References

  1. Nitrification in histosols: a potential role for the heterotrophic nitrifier. Tate, R.L. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1977) [Pubmed]
  2. Growth of Nitrobacter in the presence of organic matter. I. Mixotrophic growth. Steinmüller, W., Bock, E. Arch. Microbiol. (1976) [Pubmed]
  3. Subunits of cytochrome a-type terminal oxidases derived from Thiobacillus novellus and Nitrobacter agilis. Yamanaka, T., Fujii, K., Kamita, Y. J. Biochem. (1979) [Pubmed]
  4. The nitrite oxidizing system of Nitrobacter winogradskyi. Yamanaka, T., Fukumori, Y. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. (1988) [Pubmed]
  5. Oxygen exchange between nitrate molecules during nitrite oxidation by Nitrobacter. DiSpirito, A.A., Hooper, A.B. J. Biol. Chem. (1986) [Pubmed]
  6. Energy-conserving reactions in phosphorylating electron-transport particles from Nitrobacter winogradskyi. Activation of nitrite oxidation by the electrical component of the protonmotive force. Cobley, J.G. Biochem. J. (1976) [Pubmed]
  7. Selective enrichment and molecular characterization of a previously uncultured Nitrospira-like bacterium from activated sludge. Spieck, E., Hartwig, C., McCormack, I., Maixner, F., Wagner, M., Lipski, A., Daims, H. Environ. Microbiol. (2006) [Pubmed]
  8. Improvement of NaNO2-oxidizing activity in Nitrobacter vulgaris by coentrapment in polyacrylamide containing polydimethylsiloxane copolymer and DEAE-sephadex. Zhang, S., Norrlöw, O., Dey, E.S. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2005) [Pubmed]
  9. Phosphoribulokinase from Nitrobacter winogradskyi: activation by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and inhibition by pyridoxal phosphate. Kiesow, L.A., Lindsley, B.F., Bless, J.W. J. Bacteriol. (1977) [Pubmed]
  10. Growth of nitrobacter in the presence of organic matter. II. Chemoorganotrophic growth of Nitrobacter agilis. Bock, E. Arch. Microbiol. (1976) [Pubmed]
  11. Fatty acid profiles of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria reflect their phylogenetic heterogeneity. Lipski, A., Spieck, E., Makolla, A., Altendorf, K. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (2001) [Pubmed]
  12. Maintenance energy demand and starvation recovery dynamics of Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrobacter winogradskyi cultivated in a retentostat with complete biomass retention. Tappe, W., Laverman, A., Bohland, M., Braster, M., Rittershaus, S., Groeneweg, J., van Verseveld, H.W. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1999) [Pubmed]
  13. Isolation and characterization of a novel facultatively alkaliphilic Nitrobacter species, N. alkalicus sp. nov. Sorokin, D.Y., Muyzer, G., Brinkhoff, T., Kuenen, J.G., Jetten, M.S. Arch. Microbiol. (1998) [Pubmed]
  14. Membrane-bound cytochrome c is an alternative electron donor for cytochrome aa3 in Nitrobacter winogradskyi. Nomoto, T., Fukumori, Y., Yamanaka, T. J. Bacteriol. (1993) [Pubmed]
  15. Detection and counting of Nitrobacter populations in soil by PCR. Degrange, V., Bardin, R. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1995) [Pubmed]
  16. Purification and characterization of ATPase from Nitrobacter winogradskyi. Hara, T., Villalobos, A.P., Fukumori, Y., Yamanaka, T. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1991) [Pubmed]
  17. Unusual lipid A types in phototrophic bacteria and related species. Mayer, H., Salimath, P.V., Holst, O., Weckesser, J. Rev. Infect. Dis. (1984) [Pubmed]
  18. A relationship between prokaryote and eukaryote observed in Nitrobacter agilis cytochromes AA3 and C. Yamanaka, T., Fukumori, Y., Tanaka, Y. Orig. Life (1984) [Pubmed]
  19. Combined molecular and conventional analyses of nitrifying bacterium diversity in activated sludge: Nitrosococcus mobilis and Nitrospira-like bacteria as dominant populations. Juretschko, S., Timmermann, G., Schmid, M., Schleifer, K.H., Pommerening-Röser, A., Koops, H.P., Wagner, M. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1998) [Pubmed]
 
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