Free-living Rhizobium strain able to grow on n(2) as the sole nitrogen source.

  • 1 February 1983
    • journal article
    • Vol. 45  (2) , 711-3
Abstract
A Rhizobium strain isolated from stem nodules of the legume Sesbania rostrata was shown to grow on atmospheric nitrogen (N(2)) as the sole nitrogen source. Non-N(2)-fixing mutants isolated directly on agar plates formed nodules that did not fix N(2) when inoculated into the host plant.

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