Nitrogen fixation associated with grasses in Oregon
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Published:1976-04-01
Issue:4
Volume:22
Page:523-530
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ISSN:0008-4166
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Container-title:Canadian Journal of Microbiology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Can. J. Microbiol.
Author:
Nelson Arthur D.,Barber Lynn E.,Tjepkema John,Russell Sterling A.,Powelson Robert,Evans Harold J.,Seidler Ramon J.
Abstract
Nitrogen fixation associated with both natural grasslands and grain crops of Oregon was studied using the acetylene-reduction assay. A number of the grasses collected had some acetylene-reducing activity. Agrostis tenuis Sibth. had substantially greater activity than any of the other species, with a mean rate estimated at 37 g N2 fixed per hectare per day. Assuming 100 days of activity, about 3 kg of N2 would be fixed per hectare per year. This quantity of nitrogen may be important in the maintenance of this species under natural conditions. Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms were isolated from the root surfaces of some of the grasses. Cultures of Bacillus macerans, Bacillus polymyxa, and Enterobacter cloacae were isolated from wheat roots as were two cultures which have not been assigned a specific taxonomic classification. Strains of N2-fixing Bacillus species and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria were isolated from Festuca and Agrostis.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Genetics,Molecular Biology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,General Medicine,Immunology,Microbiology
Cited by
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