Plant and Soil

, Volume 47, Issue 3, pp 699–702 | Cite as

Growth requirements of Rhizobium leguminosarum, strain PRE

  • A. W. S. M. van Egeraat
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Summary

Rhizobium leguminosarum, strain PRE, is unable to use sulphate as the sulphur source. Sulfhydryl compounds must be added to achieve growth.

Omission of FeCl3 from the synthetic growth medium resulted in a sharp decrease in growth of this Rhizobium strain as contrasted to other strains of R. leguminosarum. The pyrimidine bases uracil and cytosine could replace FeCl3. Thymine almost completely inhibited bacterial growth. Adenine and guanine showed no effect. re]19760809

Keywords

Adenine Pyrimidine Cytosine Bacterial Growth FeCl3 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. W. S. M. van Egeraat
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratory of MicrobiologyAgricultural UniversityWageningenthe Netherlands

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