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THE effect of oxygen on the process of denitrification continues to be a subject of research, and it may, therefore, be of interest to record some observations made in the University of Melbourne with a species of Achromobacter. The organism, which was isolated from soil, reduced nitrite but not nitrate to nitrogen gas.
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YOUATT, J. Denitrification of Nitrite by a Species of Achromobacter . Nature 173, 826–827 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173826a0
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