Conversion factor between acetylene reduction and nitrogen fixation in free-living cyanobacteria from high arctic habitats
The conversion factor between acetylene reduction and 15 N incorporation in free-living cyanobacteria was determined in different high arctic habitats in the area of Ny-Ålesund (78.5°N, 11.6°E), Spitsbergen, in the summer of 1994. The experiments were carried out under constant conditions, 19°C and...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/w98-219 2024-03-03T08:41:23+00:00 Conversion factor between acetylene reduction and nitrogen fixation in free-living cyanobacteria from high arctic habitats Liengen, Turid 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/w98-219 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/w98-219 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Microbiology volume 45, issue 3, page 223-229 ISSN 0008-4166 1480-3275 Genetics Molecular Biology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology General Medicine Immunology Microbiology journal-article 1999 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/w98-219 2024-02-07T10:53:34Z The conversion factor between acetylene reduction and 15 N incorporation in free-living cyanobacteria was determined in different high arctic habitats in the area of Ny-Ålesund (78.5°N, 11.6°E), Spitsbergen, in the summer of 1994. The experiments were carried out under constant conditions, 19°C and 200 µE·m -2 ·s -1 . The nitrogen-fixation activities, measured as 15 N-incorporation, were in the range 4.01-6.54 mg N 2 fixed·gdw -1 ·day -1 (dw, dry weight) in sheets of Nostoc commune and 778-1206 mg N 2 fixed·m -2 ·day -1 in the cyanobacterial crusts. The acetylene reduction activities were in the range 0.72-1.91 mg ethylene produced·gdw -1 ·day -1 of N. commune and 12.8-63.7 mg ethylene produced·m -2 ·day -1 in the cyanobacterial crusts. The conversion factor of N. commune ranged from 0.11 to 0.48 for ethylene produced to nitrogen fixed, whereas the cyanobacterial crusts covering the soil surface gave conversion factors in the range 0.022-0.073 for ethylene produced to nitrogen fixed. An Anabaena sp., isolated from one of the habitats investigated, gave conversion factors near the theoretical factor of 4, when determined at 14.0 and 17.3°C. It was concluded that the acetylene reduction activity of free-living cyanobacteria in high arctic habitats results in underestimates of the real nitrogen-fixation activity in these environments.Key words: nitrogen fixation, acetylene reduction, conversion factor, cyanobacteria, Nostoc commune, high arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Spitsbergen Canadian Science Publishing Arctic Ny-Ålesund Canadian Journal of Microbiology 45 3 223 229 |
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The conversion factor between acetylene reduction and 15 N incorporation in free-living cyanobacteria was determined in different high arctic habitats in the area of Ny-Ålesund (78.5°N, 11.6°E), Spitsbergen, in the summer of 1994. The experiments were carried out under constant conditions, 19°C and 200 µE·m -2 ·s -1 . The nitrogen-fixation activities, measured as 15 N-incorporation, were in the range 4.01-6.54 mg N 2 fixed·gdw -1 ·day -1 (dw, dry weight) in sheets of Nostoc commune and 778-1206 mg N 2 fixed·m -2 ·day -1 in the cyanobacterial crusts. The acetylene reduction activities were in the range 0.72-1.91 mg ethylene produced·gdw -1 ·day -1 of N. commune and 12.8-63.7 mg ethylene produced·m -2 ·day -1 in the cyanobacterial crusts. The conversion factor of N. commune ranged from 0.11 to 0.48 for ethylene produced to nitrogen fixed, whereas the cyanobacterial crusts covering the soil surface gave conversion factors in the range 0.022-0.073 for ethylene produced to nitrogen fixed. An Anabaena sp., isolated from one of the habitats investigated, gave conversion factors near the theoretical factor of 4, when determined at 14.0 and 17.3°C. It was concluded that the acetylene reduction activity of free-living cyanobacteria in high arctic habitats results in underestimates of the real nitrogen-fixation activity in these environments.Key words: nitrogen fixation, acetylene reduction, conversion factor, cyanobacteria, Nostoc commune, high arctic. |
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Conversion factor between acetylene reduction and nitrogen fixation in free-living cyanobacteria from high arctic habitats |
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