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The Denitrifying Prokaryotes

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The Prokaryotes

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Denitrification is usually defined as the reduction of nitrate (NO3 -) to a gaseous product (Gayon and Dupetit, 1886; Payne, 1973a), the consequence of which, as the name implies, is a loss of fixed nitrogen from a terrestrial or aquatic environment. Only prokaryotes are known to mediate biological denitrification and even among these organisms the ability to denitrify is relatively rare. It is widely though thinly distributed among the various taxonomic and physiological groups of prokaryotes.

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