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Association between Nitrogen-fixing and Cellulose-decomposing Microorganisms

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IT is a well-known fact that by the combined action of cellulose-decomposing and nitrogen-fixing bacteria in crude culture, elementary nitrogen may be fixed in quantities of as much as 10–12 mgm. per gm. of decomposed cellulose. So far, only Vartiovaara1 seems to have given indisputable proof of nitrogen-fixation in combined cultures of one nitrogen-fixing and one cellulose-decomposing organism (Azotobacter; Clostridium pasteurianum, cellulose-decomposing fungi).

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    H. L. JENSEN & R. J. SWABY

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JENSEN, H., SWABY, R. Association between Nitrogen-fixing and Cellulose-decomposing Microorganisms. Nature 147, 147–148 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147147a0

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