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MICROBIO EX.25
Nitrate reduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Purpose of nitrate reduction? | to detect the ability of an org to reduce nitrate to nitrite or some other nitrogenous compound, such as molecular nitrogen N2. |
| Nitrate reduction is one form of what kind of respiration? | anaerobic respiration. |
| role of NO3? | Serve as final electron acceptor when oxygen is unavailble. |
| This is what most enteric bacteria have this enzyme | nitrate reductase. |
| Nitrate? | NO3 |
| Nitrite? | NO2 |
| Many NONenteric bacteria contain this enzyme. | this enzyme can reduce nitrate beyond the nitrite stage: NO, NH4, N2O, N2 |
| NO? | Nitric oxide |
| NH4 | Ammonia |
| N2O | nitrous oxide |
| N2 | nitrogen gas |
| Reagent for Nitrate? | Reagent A: Sulfanilic acid Reagent B: Naphthalamine |
| Interprete nitrate reduction result? | AddA+B:Media turns red: Positive for nitrite -> positive for nitrate reduction AddA+B: media has no color change -> Negative for nitrite -> add Zinc After add zinc: media turn red -> nitrate reduce to nitrite by zinc dust -) Negative 4 nitrate reduction |
| Continue | Add zinc dust: media not change color -> nitrate not reduce to nitrite by Zinc dust -> positive for nitrate reduction beyond the nitrite stage. |