Screening and characterization of bacteria that can utilize ammonium and nitrate ions simultaneously under controlled cultural conditions

• Main Authors: Qi Zhou, Shinji Takenaka, Shuichiro Murakami, Phisit Seesuriyachan, Ampin Kuntiya, Kenji Aoki
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemical Engineering; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33947260122&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60918
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Eighteen bacterial stock cultures were examined for their ability to utilize NH4+and NO3-simultaneously in a medium containing NH4NO3with shaking using a test tube capped with a cotton stopper. Pseudomonas aeruginosa NBRC 12689 utilized 1 mg/ml of NH4NO3most rapidly of the cultures tested. The bacte...