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Growth and nitrogenase activity (acetylene reduction) of Azotobacter vinelandii in chemically defined N-free media were studied in the presence of p-hydroxybenzoic, vanillic, p-coumaric, and ferulic acids at concentrations from 0.01 to 1% (w/v). Growth and nitrogenase activity were only detected when the microorganism was cultured on p-hydroxybenzoic acid either as sole carbon source or mixed with other phenolic acids, suggesting that p-hydroxybenzoic acid could be utilized as a carbon source by A. vinelandii for growing under certain environmental conditions.
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Moreno, J., González-López, J., Martínez-Toledo, M.V. et al. Growth and nitrogenase activity of Azotobacter vinelandii in the presence of several phenolic acids. Arch. Microbiol. 150, 113–116 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425149
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