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DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1977.tb04850.x |
Web URL(s): | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1977.tb04850.x/pdf Last checked: 08/14/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Jones, K. |
Author Affiliation: | Department of Botany, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa |
Title: | Acetylene reduction by mats of blue-green algae in sub-tropical grassland: Possible contribution by other micro-organisms |
Source: | New Phytologist. Vol. 78, No. 2, March 1977, p. 437-440. |
Publishing Information: | Oxford, England, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing, for the New Phytologist Trust |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Related Web URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1977.tb04850.x/abstract Last checked: 08/14/2012 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Nitrogen fixation; Bacteria; Algae; Anaerobic conditions; Pennisetum clandestinum; Lawn turf; Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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Geographic Terms: | South Africa |
Abstract/Contents: | "Counts using the most probable number method show that there are aerobic and anaerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with mats of blue-green algae (almost entirely Nostoc sp.) in kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) lawns in Pretoria. Both types of bacteria are more numerous in the surface layers of soil adjacent to the mats. Acetylene reduction by bacteria was only detected when glucose was added to the soils or the algal mats. Mats of algae composed entirely of non-heterocystous blue-green algae (mainly Phormidium) were unable to reduce acetylene in situ or in any of the experimental conditions employed in the laboratory." |
Language: | English |
References: | 15 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: KIKUYU |
Note: | Summary appears as abstract Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Jones, K. 1977. Acetylene reduction by mats of blue-green algae in sub-tropical grassland: Possible contribution by other micro-organisms. New Phytol. 78(2):p. 437-440. |
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| DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1977.tb04850.x |
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