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Nitrogen fixation by methane-utilizing bacteria

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Several pure cultures of methane-utilizing bacteria, including types I and II membrane representatives, were found to be capable of fixing nitrogen. One nitrogen-fixing isolate grew in liquid medium, but not on a solid agar medium. Apparently, the ability to fix nitrogen is common in methane-oxidizing bacteria.

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  1. Laboratory of Microbiology, Agricultural University, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 4, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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de Bont, J.A.M. Nitrogen fixation by methane-utilizing bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 42, 245–253 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394121

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