Heme-dependent and heme-independent nitrite reduction by lactic acid bacteria results in different N-containing products
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Seventy strains of lactic acid bacteria were investigated for nitrite reductase activity. Two types of this activity were detected. Type I was found in Lactobacillus plantarum, L. pentosus and Pediococcus pentosaceus. This activity is heme-dependent with ammonia as the sole product. Type II mechanism is heme-independent and reduces nitrite to NO and N2O.
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Many Lactobacilli species can incorporate heme from the environment and utilize menaquinones (vitamin K) to perform respiration.
“However, over the past 30 years it has been shown that many Lactobacilli species can incorporate heme from the environment and utilize menaquinones, also known as vitamins K, to eventually perform respiration [26].”
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- Authors
- Wolf, G., Arendt, E. K., Pfähler, U., & Hammes, W. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Hohenheim (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Wolf, Gudrun
- ORCID
- Arendt, Elke K.
- Venue
- International Journal of Food Microbiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1990-05
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 323-329
- ISSN
- 0168-1605 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2030100491
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 3.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Food Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Keywords
- nitrite reduction, lactic acid bacteria, nitrite reductase, ammonia synthesis, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus, Pediococcus pentosaceus
- MeSH terms
- Bacteria, Chromatography, Gas, Heme, Hemin, Kinetics, Nitrites, Oxidation-Reduction
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