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. 1974 Jun;118(3):986–989. doi: 10.1128/jb.118.3.986-989.1974

Effect of Molybdenum Starvation and Tungsten on the Synthesis of Nitrogenase Components in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Winston J Brill 1, Ann L Steiner 1, Vinod K Shah 1
PMCID: PMC246848  PMID: 4598014

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1 grows well in the presence or absence of molybdenum in media containing excess NH4+. However, growth on N2 is completely dependent on the presence of molybdenum in the medium. Tungstate competes with the molybdate requirement during growth on N2. In molybdenum-depleted medium, neither protein component of nitrogenase is active and neither component can be detected antigenically. These data provide evidence that molybdenum is an inducer of nitrogenase synthesis.

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