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Geosiphon pyriforme,an Endosymbiotic Consortium of a Fungus and a Cyanobacterium (Nostoc), Fixes Nitrogen |
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| Authors: | M Kluge D Mollenhauer R Mollenhauer R Kape |
| Abstract: | The bladders of Geosiphon pyriforme, an endosymbiotic consortium of a fungus and the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme, show nitrogenase activity. This suggests that the organism is capable of nitrogen fixation. |
| Keywords: | Endosymbiosis Geosiphon pyriforme nitrogenase nitrogen fixation Nostoc |