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Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria

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The enzymes which catalyze the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by autotrophic bacteria are reviewed. A comparison is made with enzymes which catalyze the same reactions in methylotrophs and organotrophic heterotrophic bacteria.

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Hooper, A.B., Vannelli, T., Bergmann, D.J. et al. Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 71, 59–67 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000133919203

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