Free-Living Heterotrophic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Fuel-Contaminated Antarctic Soils

ABSTRACT Five bacterial isolates enriched from fuel-contaminated Antarctic soils fixed nitrogen in the dark heterotrophically and nonsymbiotically. Two isolates utilized jet fuel vapors and volatile hydrocarbons for growth but not in N-deficient medium. Bacteria such as these may contribute to in si...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Main Authors: Eckford, Ruth, Cook, Fred D., Saul, David, Aislabie, Jackie, Foght, Julia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2002
Subjects:
Ecology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Food Science
Biotechnology
Antarc*
Antarctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.68.10.5181-5185.2002
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.68.10.5181-5185.2002
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Summary:ABSTRACT Five bacterial isolates enriched from fuel-contaminated Antarctic soils fixed nitrogen in the dark heterotrophically and nonsymbiotically. Two isolates utilized jet fuel vapors and volatile hydrocarbons for growth but not in N-deficient medium. Bacteria such as these may contribute to in situ biodegradation of hydrocarbons in Antarctic soils.

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