In vitro N-nitrosodimethylamine formation by some bacteria.
It was found that human pathogenic bacteria and some species of intestinal bacteria in rats have the ability to catalyze the formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine from dimethylamine and nitrate in vitro.
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004123:Dimethylamines / Q000378:metabolism; D004128:Dimethylnitrosamine / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats
D004123:Dimethylamines; D009566:Nitrates; D009602:Nitrosamines; D004128:Dimethylnitrosamine