Using grafting procedures, we investigated the transmission of co-suppression of nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase host genes and transgenes and of post-transcriptional silencing of a uidA transgene encoding glucuronidase in tobacco. We demonstrate that silencing is transmitted with 100% efficiency from silenced stocks to non-silenced scions expressing the corresponding transgene. Transmi...

BACKGROUND Betaine, beetroot juice, and supplemental nitrate have recently been reported to improve certain aspects of exercise performance, which may be mechanistically linked to increased nitric oxide. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of betaine supplementation on plasma nitrate/nitrite, a surrogate marker or nitric oxide, in exercise-trained men. METHODS We us...

This effect of Monascus and Laccaic acid on the chemical composition, physical, texture and sensory properties of sausage were investigated during storage. Eight treatments (T) of sausage such as T1 (12 ppm sodium nitrite), while T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 were formulated with different ratios of Monascus/Laccaic acid: 63/7.0, 108/12, 135/15, 59.5/10.5, 102/18 and 127.5/22.5 ppm, respectively. T...

Knowing spatial patterns of functional microbial guilds can increase our understanding of the relationships between microbial community ecology and ecosystem functions. Using geostatistical modeling to map spatial patterns, we explored the distribution of the community structure, size, and activity of one functional group in N cycling, the denitrifiers, in relation to 23 soil parameters over a ...

18 Denitrification was measured in three structurally different coastal microbial mats by 19 using the stable isotope technique. The composition of the denitrifying community was 20 determined by analyzing the nitrite reductase (nirS and nirK) genes using clone libraries 21 and the GeoChip. The highest potential rate of denitrification (7.0±1.0 mmol N m d) 22 was observed during summer at stati...

We have previously illustrated the nitrate/nitrite respiratory pathway of Shewanella oneidensis, which is renowned for its remarkable versatility in respiration. Here we investigated the systems regulating the pathway with a reliable approach which enables characterization of mutants impaired in nitrate/nitrite respiration by guaranteeing biomass. The S. oneidensis genome encodes an Escherichia...

The YNT1 gene encoding the nitrate transporter in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha is clustered with genes YNI1 and YNR1 encoding nitrite reductase and nitrate reductase, and its disruption causes inability to grow in nitrate M. Dolores PE; REZ, Celedonio GONZA; LEZ, Julio A; VILA, Ne! lida BRITO and Jose! M. SIVERIO* Departamento de Bioquı!mica y Biologı!a Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, E-...

Addition of sodium isoascorbate to the formulation for perishable canned comminuted cured meat markedly enhanced the efficacy of nitrite against Clostridium botulinum. This effect was reproducible through a series of three tests. In one test it was found that the initial addition of 50 microgram of sodium nitrite per g plus isoascorbate was as effective as 156 microgram of sodium nitrite per g ...

The effectiveness and usability of a diffusion tube for air quality sampling were assessed at 14 sites throughout an oil gas production area in Atrush sub-district measurement Sulfur dioxide (SO2) nitrogen (NO2) ambient by Palmes tubes during autumn winter season 2021-2022. Using triethanolamine as trapping agent, the passive sampler collects SO2 NO2, which are then proven to be sulphate nitrit...