Nitrate Synthesis in the Germfree and Conventional Rat

Laura C. Green(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Steven R. Tannenbaum(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Peter Goldman(Harvard University)
Science
April 3, 1981
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Abstract

Metabolic balance studies show that germfree and conventional Sprague-Dawley rats synthesize nitrate. Equivalent results for germfree and conventional rats eliminate the microflora as obligatory components of nitrate production. Nitrate synthesis appears to be a mammalian process.


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