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. 1969 Apr;98(1):325–326. doi: 10.1128/jb.98.1.325-326.1969

Complementary Functioning of Two Components from Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria

Jeanne V Dahlen 1, R A Parejko 1, P W Wilson 1
PMCID: PMC249949  PMID: 5781584

Abstract

Use of alternate substrates (acetylene, azide, cyanide) for estimating N2 fixation confirmed that recombined fractions from different bacteria are functional but restricted in complementarity.

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