Inhibition of nitrate reduction in some rumen bacteria by tungstate.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 40 ·No. 1 ·1980-07-00 ·Pages 163-5

Prins RA, Cliné-Theil W, Malestein A, Counotte GH

Abstract

Tungstate prevented the formation of active nitrate reductase in growing rumen bacteria capable of nitrate reduction, but did not directly inhibit the enzyme activity of all strains tested.

MeSH Terms

Animals Bacteria/drug effects,metabolism Cattle Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria/metabolism Nitrate Reductases/metabolism Nitrates/metabolism Rumen/microbiology Tungsten/pharmacology Veillonella/metabolism

Chemicals

Nitrates Nitrate Reductases Tungsten

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Prins R A

Cliné-Theil W

Malestein A

Counotte G H

References (4)

4 references, click to expand

Nutritional features of the intestinal anaerobe Ruminococcus bromii.
Appl Microbiol. 1974 Dec;28(6):1018-22 PMID: 4451362
The need for selenite and molybdate in the formation of formic dehydrogenase by members of the coli-aerogenes group of bacteria.
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Nitrate reductase of nitrate respiration type from E. coli. I. Solubilization and purification from the particulate system with molecular characterization as a metalloprotein.
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Effects of molybdate, tungstate, and selenium compounds on formate dehydrogenase and other enzyme systems in Escherichia coli.
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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.40.1.163-165.1980

Published

1980-07-00

Pages

163-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC291540

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.40.1.163-165.1980 PMC Full Text View journal details

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