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A novel bleb-dependent polysaccharide export system in nitrogen-fixing Azotobacter vinelandii subjected to low nitrogen gas levels.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - 1 Mar 2013
Hashimoto Wataru, Miyamoto Yukiko, Yamamoto Mayumi, Yoneyama Fuminori, Murata Kousaku
Abstract excerpt
The alginate biofilm-producing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii aerobically fixes nitrogen by oxygen-sensitive nitrogenases. Here we investigated the bacterial response to nitrogen/oxygen gas mixtures. A. vinelandii cells were cultured in nitrogen-free minimal media containing gas mixtures differing in their ratios of nitrogen and oxygen. The bacteria did not grow at oxygen concentrations >75% but grew well in...
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