I've just seen that some anaerobic bacteria use NO₃⁻ as an oxidising agent:
NO₃⁻ --> NO₂⁻
And I've aerobic glucose oxidation equation:
6O2 + C6H12O6 ---> 6CO2 + 6H2O
Now I wonder what would be the products of C6H12O6 + NO₃⁻ ?
NO₃⁻ --> NO₂⁻
And I've aerobic glucose oxidation equation:
6O2 + C6H12O6 ---> 6CO2 + 6H2O
Now I wonder what would be the products of C6H12O6 + NO₃⁻ ?
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Oxalic acid is sometimes produced by treating sucrose with nitric acid. I guess this also produces nitrites or nitroxides as a side product. I think the same procedure would work with pure glucose. This does, however, not necessarily correspond to the products in bacteria, as all the reactions there are enzyme catalyzed; from a biologic point of view, getting oxalic acid is probably disadvantageous, as the carbon is still not fully oxidized.