US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 37
.~.~.~ Nitrate to nitrite reducing bacteria

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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

4  DF  MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESS INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICRO-ORGANISMS; COMPOSITION OR TEST STRIP THEREFORE; PROCESSES OF FORMING SUCH COMPOSITION OR TEST STRIP {15}
29  DF  .~ Involving viable micro-organism {4}
34  DF  .~.~ Determining presence or kind of micro-organism; use of selective media {5}
37.~.~.~ Nitrate to nitrite reducing bacteria

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/37

Nitrate to nitrite reducing bacteria:

(under subclass 34) Subject matter where the microorganisms involved are nitrite forming bacteria or the agent is specific for indicating the presence or absence of nitrite forming bacteria.

(1) Note. It should be generally presumed that the presence of the nitrite is due to bacterial conversion of nitrate to nitrite.

(2) Note. Included here are detection of nitrite in materials, such as an indication of bacteria.