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Experiment 2

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Description

Measuring the production of N2O from Nitrite (NO2- ) anaerobically

The behavior of E. coli (untransformed cells) and P. aeruginosa is characterized while growing in the presence of NO2- in an anaerobic reaction chamber by measuring the conversion of nitrite (NO2-) to nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O).

In this anaerobic experiment we add nitrite in a series of spikes to a native strain of E. coli and to a native strain of P. aeruginosa in order to test how readily nitrite is converted to nitric oxide, and subsequently to nitrous oxide. We also monitor nitrite, ammonia and nitrate concentrations before each spike. The concentrations of both gasses are measured continually, and the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate concentrations will be measured after nitrite is spiked.

Results

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Mg of Nitrogen (as nitrite or nitrous oxide) per litre measured for varying concentrations of Nitrite added at t=0. All experiments were performed anaerobically.