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Nitrogen fixation by achromobacter spp.

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Several strains of Achromobacter spp. have been shown to fix nitrogen under aerobic conditions. One strain isolated by Jensen fixes anaerobically as well as aerobically. Apparently the process requires the synthesis of at least one inducible enzyme—a requirement that has been demonstrated previously for the system in Aerobacter aerogenes. Additional similarities to the nitrogen fixing system in other biological systems include the necessity for iron, and probably molybdenum, and the presence of a hydrogenase.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., USA

    Michael H. Proctor & P. W. Wilson

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Proctor, M.H., Wilson, P.W. Nitrogen fixation by achromobacter spp.. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 32, 254–260 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409346

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