title: Nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in the presence of electron donors.
abstract: The activities of the nitrate reductase enzyme of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, and of BCG were assayed with and without addition of electron donors. M. tuberculosis always reduced nitrate; M. bovis did so only in the presence of electron donors, and BCG did not show enzymatic activity.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000201:enzymology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011136:Polysorbates / Q000378:metabolism; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D011136:Polysorbates; D011422:Propionates; D011773:Pyruvates; D012694:Serine; D009565:Nitrate Reductases; D000409:Alanine