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Carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) and pentachlorophenol (PCP), two powerful uncouplers of phosphorylation, specifically inhibit the assimilation of nitrite in the course of nitrate reduction. These results support our former conclusion that high-energy phosphate is involved in the metabolism of nitrite.
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Kessler, E., Hofmann, A. & Zumft, W.G. Inhibition of nitrite assimilation by uncouplers of phosphorylation. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 72, 23–26 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411011
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