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| Author(s): | Eskew, D. L.;
Focht, D. D.;
Ting, I. P. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Dep. of Biol., California Univ., Riverside, CA 92502, USA |
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| Title: | Nitrogen fixation, denitrification, and pleomorphic growth in a highly pigmented Spirillum lipoferum |
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| Source: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 34, No. 5, 1977, p. 582-585. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Pennisetum clandestinum; Zoysia japonica; Cynodon dactylon; Nitrogen fixation; Bacteria; Grasses; Spirillum lipoferum; Denitrification
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| Geographic Terms: | California |
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| Abstract/Contents: | In glasshouse studies, Pennisetum clandestinum, Zoysia japonica subsp. tenuifolia and Bermuda grass cv. Coastal were inoculated with S. lipoferum and harvested after 3 months. Root segments of the 3 spp. showed different levels of acetylene reduction activity which shifted after 2 transfers of subculture onto N-free, Na-malate, semi-solid agar. After 5 transfers, single-colony isolates capable of growth in N-free media were obtained from Bermuda grass root segments only. These isolates, identical to S. lipoferum strain SP7, were capable of both N fixation and denitrification. It was suggested that the characteristic red pigment of the isolates, possibly a b- or c-type cytrochrome, could be used as a marker in evaluating soil inoculation experiments. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 10 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Eskew, D. L., D. D. Focht, and I. P. Ting. 1977. Nitrogen fixation, denitrification, and pleomorphic growth in a highly pigmented Spirillum lipoferum. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 34(5):p. 582-585. |
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