Bacteria commonly utilize nitrate and nitrite as terminal electron acceptors for respiration in the absence of oxygen, or for incorporation in biomass. However, it was only recently described that ...

Researchers from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) have demonstrated that reducing nitric oxide (NO) levels in plants can significantly enhance nitrogen uptake and Nitrogen Use ...

which can be reduced to nitric oxide by nitrate-reducing bacteria inside the mouth. Nitric oxide is known to lower blood ...

Researchers from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a sustainable technology to selectively reduce nitrate to ammonium.