Application of Chemical Kinetics Methods to the Study of Iodonitrotetrazolium Chloride Reduction in the Presence of Bacillus subtilis Cells

It is demonstrated that the reduction of iodonitrotetrazolum chloride in the presence of a Bacillus subtilis suspension in a physiological solution can be described using chemical kinetics equations. The effective kinetic parameters are determined and the role of the diffusion of iodonitrotetrazolium chloride in the process of its reduction involving bacterial cell components is described.