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Nine different growth media were evaluated to determine the best growth conditions to achieve cultures of a high cell number of fast-growing rhizobia to produce inoculants. We found that Sinorhizobium fredii strains have complex nutritional requirements that were fulfilled by adding to the media 4 g Amaranthus cruentus L. seed meal/l. The survival of fast growing strains is a variable trait, but those strains that survived at high levels even after 6-month storage, hypernodulated soybeans and fixed atmospheric nitrogen at levels as high as those of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
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Videira, L., Pastor, M., Lorda, G. et al. Sinorhizobium fredii cultured in media supplemented with Amaranthus cruentus L. seed meal and bacterial cell survival in liquid and peat based inoculum. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 18, 193–199 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014970829665
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