The combined relationship of temperature and molybdenum concentration to nitrogen fixation byAnabaena cylindrica |
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Authors: | Robert Jacobs Owen Lind |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Environmental Studies and Department of Biology, Baylor University, 76703 Waco, Texas;(2) Present address: Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 27514 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
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Abstract: | The joint effects of growth temperature, incubation temperature, and molybdenum concentration on the nitrogen fixation rate ofAnabaena cylindrica were determined using the acetylene-reduction technique. The nitrogen-fixation response to increased molybdenum concentration varied among three growth temperatures (15°, 23°, and 30° C). The pattern of rate change was similar within a growth temperature but increased overall in magnitude with the three incubation temperatures (also 15°, 23°, and 30° C). The maximum rate of nitrogen fixation occurred at 30°C regardless of previous growth temperature. The minimum molybdenum concentration necessary to yield substantial acetylene reduction varied with growth temperature: at 15°C, 15g 1–1 was effective; at 23°C, less than 5g 1–1 was effective; and at 30°C, 50g 1–1 was effective. At all three growth temperatures, increases in molybdenum concentration above the minimum effective concentration produced increases in acetylene reduction. However, at higher molybdenum concentrations inhibition of nitrogen fixation occurred. |
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