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Two strains ofRhizobium, cowpeaRhizobium 32H1 andRhizobium japonicum CB 1809, showed a marked stimulation in growth on addition of formate to the minimal medium containing nitrate as the sole source of nitrogen. The amount of accumulated nitrite and specific nitrate reductase activity was much higher in cultures supplemented with formate than in the control medium. In contrast, growth, consumption of nitrite and specific nitrite reductase activity in minimal medium + nitrite was greatly reduced by the addition of formate. A chlorate resistant mutant (Chl-16) was isolated spontaneously which contained a nitrite reductase which was not inhibited by formate. The results suggest that formate serves as an electron donor for nitrate reductase and inhibits nitrite assimilation inRhizobium
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Singh, R.K., Singh, R.M. Diverse effects of formate on the assimilatory metabolism of nitrate and nitrite inRhizobium . J. Biosci. 6, 181–184 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02702639
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