EFFECT OF TUNGSTATE ON THE UPTAKE AND FUNCTION OF MOLYBDATE IN AZOTOBACTER AGILIS

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Abstract
The reported competitive inhibition of molydate by tungstate was investigated in an effort to elucidate molybdenum functions associated with nitrogen fixation by Azotobacter agilis (A. vinelandii). Growth, respiration, and N215-incorporation experiments with normal and molybdenum-deficient cells indicated that tungstate inhibits the uptake of molybdate but does not complete with the metabolically functional molybdenum of cells metabolizing N2. Neither a molybdenum requirement nor a tungstate inhibition was observed with cells metabolizing urea.