Ex. 16: Nitrate Respiration (Nitrate Reduction Test) Objectives?
Vocabulary Oxidation – reduction reactions Reductase Nitrate vs. Nitrite Denitrification
Nitrate Reduction and Denitrification nitrite reductase nitrate reductase Some bacteria only produce nitrate reductase, other bacteria also produce nitrite reductase
Day 1: Materials needed per table: Nitrate broth tubes (4) 1 sterile Q-tip Three pure cultures needed per table: Alcaligenes faecalis (negative) Proteus vulgaris (positive for nitrite) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (denitrifier) Each student takes responsibility to inoculate one of the nitrate broth tubes