NITROGEN FIXATION BY GLOEOCAPSA

被引:111
作者
WYATT, JT
SILVEY, JKG
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[1] Water Research Laboratory, North Texas State University, Denton
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10.1126/science.165.3896.908
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The continuous growth in a medium free of combined nitrogen and the experimental production of ethylene via acetylene reduction indicate that nitrogen fixation by blue-green algae is not solely confined to filamentous genera with heterocysts. Axenic cultures of Gloeocapsa sp., adapted to nitrate-free medium, form ethylene at rates comparable to those of species known to fix nitrogen.
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