Nitric-oxide-driven oxygen release in anoxic Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Mads Lichtenberg, Laura Line, Verena Schrameyer, Tim Holm Jakobsen, Morten Rybtke, Masanori Toyofuku, Nobuhiko Nomura, Mette Kolpen, Tim Tolker‐Nielsen, Michael Kühl, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Østrup Jensen
Abstract
generation by NO dismutation may be more widespread than indicated by the reports on the distribution of homologues genes. In general, NO dismutation may allow removal of nitrate by denitrification without release of the very potent greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide.
Topics & Concepts
Anoxic watersPseudomonas aeruginosaNitric oxideOxygenChemistryEnvironmental chemistryBacteriaBiologyOrganic chemistryGeneticsBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingbioluminescence and chemiluminescence researchLegionella and Acanthamoeba research