Comment on the position of nitrate respiration in metabolic evolution.
1976
F Egami
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009566
Nitrates
Inorganic or organic salts and esters of nitric acid. These compounds contain the NO3- radical.
Nitrate
D010101
Oxygen Consumption
The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346)
A rigorously mathematical analysis of energy relationships (heat, work, temperature, and equilibrium). It describes systems whose states are determined by thermal parameters, such as temperature, in addition to mechanical and electromagnetic parameters. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)