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Nitrogen fixation by soil microorganisms1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. G. Krishna
P. G. Krishna
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.
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From the results presented it may be permissible to point out the following:

Fungi are responsible for the fixation of very small quantities of nitrogen, while the Azotobacter and B. amylobacter groups are the important nitrogen fixers in the soil.

B. amylobacter is able to fix from 4 to 5 mg. of nitrogen per gm. of dextrose consumed.

B. amylobacter has an optimum range of pH. between 6·0 and 7·0, and Azotobacter between 7·0 and 8·4.

Azotobacter utilises the organic acids produced during the fermentation of dextrose as sources of energy for nitrogen fixation in the absence of dextrose. B. amylobacler does not, or does only to a limited extent, utilise such products.

Large quantities of dextrose do not favour an efficient nitrogen fixation, as large quantities of the organic acids produced effect the reaction of the media rendering the organisms inactive.

The nitrogen fixing organisms seem to be equally well represented in the heavy and light soils.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1928 , pp. 432 - 438
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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