scholarly journals Sensitivity to Oxygen of Nitrogenase Activity in Rhizobium Strain ANU289 of the Non-legume Parasponia (Ulmaceae)

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
S S Mohapatra ◽  
PM GresshoffA

Nitrogenase activity can be detected in Rhizobium strain ANU289 of Parasponia in shaken liquid cultures. A combination of consistently low oxygen tension and appropriate cell density was found to be essential for rapid initiation and high specific rates (in the range of 50-60 nmoles of ethylene per milligram protein per hour). In the presence of succinate as carbon source and an oxygen concentration of 0�25% (v/v) in the gas phase, nitrogenase activity developed after incubation for 24 h. The requirement for an oxygen concentration in the range of O� 1 to 0�35% for derepression indicated a lack of any inherent tolerance to higher oxygen levels and thus suggests that plant-derived mechanisms are responsible for protection by oxygen in the nodule.

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Govoni ◽  
Claudio Muscari ◽  
Francesca Bonafè ◽  
Paolo Giovanni Morselli ◽  
Marilisa Cortesi ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 337 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Juan Qu ◽  
Teemu Pöytäkangas ◽  
Marjo Jauhiainen ◽  
Seppo Auriola ◽  
Mikko J. Lammi

1988 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Mayer ◽  
Avril E. Waterman ◽  
Peter M. Keen ◽  
Neil Craven ◽  
F. John Bourne

SummaryThe partial pressure of O2in milk from normal cows and from cows with mastitis was measured and the concentrations of O2calculated. Oxygen levels of milk from normal cows were similar to those in venous plasma, but inflammation of the mammary gland led to a dramatic drop in O2concentration to < 10% of control values. Intracellular survival ofStaphylococcus aureusstrain M60 in bovine neutrophils was greater under anaerobic than aerobic conditions. The implications of low O2concentrations in milk from infected mammary glands for the bactericidal activity of bovine neutrophils is discussed.


1953 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Clifford Stickney ◽  
Edward J. Van Liere

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Thuet ◽  
Elizabeth Bowles ◽  
Meera Sridharan ◽  
Shaquria Adderley ◽  
Randy Sprague ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 3420-3422 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Palomino ◽  
A. M. Obiang ◽  
L. Realini ◽  
W. M. Meyers ◽  
F. Portaels

The effect of low oxygen concentration on the growth of 15 strains of Mycobacterium ulcerans was evaluated in the BACTEC system. Reduced oxygen tension enhanced the growth of M. ulcerans, suggesting that this organism has a preference for microaerobic environments. Application of this observation may improve rates of isolation of M. ulcerans in primary culture from clinical samples and promote isolation of the bacterium from environmental sources.


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