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. 1982 Oct;152(1):510–513. doi: 10.1128/jb.152.1.510-513.1982

Requirement for Carbon Dioxide for Nonsymbiotic Expression of Rhizobium japonicum Nitrogenase Activity

O Mario Aguilar 1,†, Gabriel Favelukes 1
PMCID: PMC221453  PMID: 6811563

Abstract

The expression and maintenance of nitrogenase (C2H2) activity in growing, microaerobic liquid cultures of Rhizobium japonicum 3I1b110 was found to be stringently dependent on the sustained supply of CO2. This requirement for CO2 appeared to exceed the basal requirement for growth and was not related to effects on pH.

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