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#23
September 16th 06, 05:20 PM
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No, he was right. The bacteria consume oxygen, thus reducing nitrate to nitrogen. A lot of other things get reduced of oxygen as well. No he is wrong. O2 is NOT produced. The oxygen's that are removed from NO2- end up as H2O. NOT free O2. It is a VERY complex series of events. Never is O2 produced along the way. Look into denitrification. It is an ENZYMATIC process in anaerobic bacteria involving more than one enzyme. SEE: http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/a...ogencycle.html (Look at the part that refers to denitrification and anaerobic bacteria) 
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