Nitrite, an Electron Donor for Anoxygenic Photosynthesis
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Nitrite, an electron donor for anoxygenic photosynthesis.
We report a previously unknown process in which anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria use nitrite as an electron donor for photosynthesis. We isolated a purple sulfur bacterium 98% identical to Thiocapsa species that stoichiometrically oxidizes nitrite to nitrate in the light. Growth and nitrate production strictly depended on both light and nitrite. This is the first known microbial mechanism for t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139478