H₂-uptake positive strains (122 DES and SR) and H₂-uptake negative strains SR2 and SR3 of Rhizobium japonicum were examined for ribulosebisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase and H₂-uptake activities during growth conditions which induced formation of the hydrogenase system. The rate of ¹⁴CO₂ uptake by hydrogenase-induced cells was about six times greater in...
Ribonucleotide reductase from Rhizobium meliloti has been
partially purified and characterized. The enzymatic reduction of
ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides is dependent upon B₁₂ coenzyme
and dihydrolipoate.
B₁₂ coenzyme was more effective than B₁₂ coenzyme analogues
in the reductase reaction. The affinity of the R. meliloti
reductase system for B₁₂ coenzyme was...
Experiments are reported which demonstrate that a cobalt deficiency
in R. meliloti results in a decreased cytochrome content of
bacterial cells. It is concluded that the effect of cobalt deficiency
on cytochrome content of Rhizobium cells and on the leghemoglobin
content of nodules possibly may be explained by an effect...
The process of biological nitrogen fixation involves the enzymic
reduction of atmospheric nitrogen (N₂) to ammonia (NH₃). The
enzyme which catalyzes this reduction, nitrogenase, does not exhibit
a high degree of substrate specificity. It also catalyzes the reduction
of acetylene (C₂2H₂) to ethylene (C₂H₄). The reduction of
C₂H₂ to C₂H₄...
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the
conditions necessary for the preparation of cell-free extracts of
nodule bacteroids capable of catalysing the reduction of acetylene to
ethylene and nitrogen to ammonia. Initial investigations were conducted
to determine whether intact soybean root nodules would reduce
acetylene to ethylene...
PART I. The concentration of nickel in some soils may be
insufficient to meet the requirements of enzymes such as
urease in soybeans and hydrogenase in Rhizobium. Nickel
availability in soils was examined by measuring microbial
urease activity in soils which were treated with glucose
and urea. Supplemental nickel was...