Enhancement of specific nitrogenase activity inAzospirillum brasilense andKlebsiella pneumoniae,inhibition inRhizobium japonicum under air by phenol |
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Authors: | Dietrich Werner Arno Krotzky Regine Berggold Heidemarie Thierfelder Marianne Preiß |
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Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Biologie, Botanisches Institut, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Lahnberge, D-3550 Marburg/Lahn, Germany |
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Abstract: | Specific nitrogenase activity inAzospirillum brasilense ATCC 29145 in surface cultures under air is enhanced from about 50 nmol C2H4·mg protein-1·h-1 to 400 nmol C2H4 by the addition of 1 mM phenol. 0.5 and 2 mM phenol added increase the rate 5-fold and 4-fold. This enhancement effect is observed only between 2 and 3 days after inoculation, with only a small reduction of the growth of the cells by the phenol added. In surface cultures under 1% O2, nitrogenase activity is slightly reduced by the addition of 1–0.01 mM phenol. Utilization of succinate is enhanced during the period of maximum enhancement of nitrogenase activity by 60% by addition of 1 mM phenol. The cells did not produce14CO2 from U-14C] phenol, neither in surface cultures nor in liquid cultures and less than 0.1% of the phenol was incorporated into the cells. A smaller but significant enhancement of nitrogenase activity by about 100% in surface cultures under air was found withKlebsiella pneumoniae K 11 after addition of 1 mM phenol. However, inRhizobium japonicum 61-A-101 all phenol concentrations above 0.01 mM reduced nitrogenase activity. With 1 mM phenol added activity was reduced to less than 10% with no effect on the growth in the same cultivation system. With thisRhizobium japonicum strain significant quantities of phenol (25 mol in 24 h by 2·1012 cells) were metabolized to14CO2, with phenol as sole carbon source. WithAzospirillum brasilense in liquid culture under 1% and 2% O2 in the gas phase, no enhancement of nitrogenase activity by phenol was noticed. |
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Keywords: | Azospirillum brasilense Klebsiella pneumoniae Rhizobium japonicum Nitrogenase enhancement Phenol |
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