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Belser LW, Mays EL. Specific inhibition of nitrite oxidation by chlorate and its use in assessing nitrification in soils and sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1980;39(3):505-10doi: 10.1128/aem.39.3.505-510.1980.
Belser, L. W., & Mays, E. L. (1980). Specific inhibition of nitrite oxidation by chlorate and its use in assessing nitrification in soils and sediments. Applied and environmental microbiology, 39(3), 505-10. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.39.3.505-510.1980
Belser, L W, and Mays, E L. "Specific inhibition of nitrite oxidation by chlorate and its use in assessing nitrification in soils and sediments." Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 39,3 (1980): 505-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.39.3.505-510.1980
Belser LW, Mays EL. Specific inhibition of nitrite oxidation by chlorate and its use in assessing nitrification in soils and sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1980 Mar;39(3):505-10. doi: 10.1128/aem.39.3.505-510.1980. PMID: 16345525; PMCID: PMC291368.
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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1980 Mar;39(3):505-10. doi: 10.1128/aem.39.3.505-510.1980.

Specific inhibition of nitrite oxidation by chlorate and its use in assessing nitrification in soils and sediments.

Applied and environmental microbiology

L W Belser, E L Mays

Affiliations

  1. Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand.

PMID: 16345525 PMCID: PMC291368 DOI: 10.1128/aem.39.3.505-510.1980

Abstract

A method was developed to determine the ammonium oxidation rate (potential) of unenriched natural samples by measuring the nitrite produced in shaken slurries. Addition of chlorate to the samples prevented nitrite from being oxidized to nitrate. The effectiveness and specificity of chlorate were tested with pure cultures of nitrite and ammonium oxidizers, as well as in soil and sediment slurries. It was concluded that chlorate had relatively little inhibitory effect on ammonium oxidation. However, under some conditions chlorate was not completely effective in blocking nitrite oxidation, and the causes of this were investigated. The technique was designed to check for incomplete blockage.

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