Abstract
The presumed beneficial effect of hydrogenase on growth of diazotrophic bacteria was reinvestigated with carbon-limited chemostat cultures of the hydrogenase-deficient mutant hoxKG of Azotobacter vinelandii and its parent. The results revealed that hydrogen recycling was too low to benefit the cellular energy metabolism or activities of nitrogenase and respiration.
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