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nitrogen respiration

traitmech:000121 · CLASS · PROPOSED

An anaerobic respiration in which an organism conserves energy by transferring electrons to an oxidized nitrogen compound as the terminal electron acceptor.

Trait evidence (1)

  • DOI:10.1128/mmbr.61.4.533-616.1997
    N oxides as terminal electron acceptors

    Zumft reviews denitrification as anaerobic respiration with oxidized nitrogen compounds as electron acceptors.

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Definition source
DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

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Synonyms (1)

  • nitrogen_respiration RELATED_SYNONYM · DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

kg-microbe context

No kg-microbe node embedding matched this record in the 2026-04-25 deepwalk.

Curation history

  1. · PROPOSED_FROM_RESEARCH · codex

    Proposed a DOI-backed FAPROTAX metabolic capability from proposals/metpo_traitmech_v11 after repository-wide duplicate review.