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Tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, like succinate, can support N2 fixation in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis (F.J. Bergersen, L.G. Turner, 1967). Moreover it has been shown that dicarboxylic acids repress carbohydrate transport (A. Arias et al., 1982; G.E. De Vries et al., 1982) and other enzymatic activities (S.T. Lim, K.T. Shanmugan, 1979; D.S. Ucker, E.R. Signer, 1978). Nevertheless, catabolite repression has not been observed in Rhizobium meliloti. We present the effect of sodium succinate complemented with glucose or fructose on growth of free-living forms of Rhizobium meliloti. M5N1.
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Hornez, J.P., Theodoropoulos, A.P., Courtois, B., Derieux, J.C. (1984). Diauxic Growth and Catabolite Repression in Rhizobium Meliloti . In: Veeger, C., Newton, W.E. (eds) Advances in Nitrogen Fixation Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6923-0_122
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