Free-Living Heterotrophic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Fuel-Contaminated Antarctic Soils
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 biodeg...
Published in: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2002
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC126386 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12324373 https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.68.10.5181-5185.2002 |
Summary: | 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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