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Carbon-nitrogen metabolism of soil fungi

V. Role of cyanide, nitrite and sulphur

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Fusaria reduce nitrates to nitrite and ammonia irrespective of the carbon source. Fusaria possess potassium cyanide insensitive nitrate reductase.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

    S. Natarajan (Research Assistant)

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-3

    S. Natarajan (Research Assistant)

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Communicated by Dr. S. V. Anantakrishnan,f.a.sc.

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Natarajan, S. Carbon-nitrogen metabolism of soil fungi. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 48, 28–32 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050248

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