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. 1990 Jul;56(7):2087-92.
doi: 10.1128/aem.56.7.2087-2092.1990.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens Is a Diazotrophic Bacterium

L Kanvinde  1 , G R Sastry
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens Is a Diazotrophic Bacterium

L Kanvinde et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

This is the first report that Agrobacterium tumefaciens can fix nitrogen in a free-living condition as shown by its abilities to grow on nitrogen-free medium, reduce acetylene to ethylene, and incorporate N supplied as N(2). As with most other well-characterized diazotrophic bacteria, the presence of NH(4) in the medium and aerobic conditions repress nitrogen fixation by A. tumefaciens. The system requires molybdenum. No evidence for nodulation was found with pea, peanut, or soybean plants. Further understanding of the nitrogen-fixing ability of this bacterium, which has always been considered a pathogen, should cast new light on the evolution of a pathogenic versus symbiotic relationship.

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