Hydrogenase activity in nitrogen-fixing methane-oxidizing bacteria

✍ Scribed by J. A. M. Bont

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6072
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00394122

✦ Synopsis

Hydrogenase activity in cells of the nitrogen-fixing methane-oxidizing bacterium strain 41 of the Methylosinus type increased markedly when growth was dependent upon the fixation of gaseous nitrogen. A direct relationship may exist between hydrogenase and nitrogenase in this bacterium. Acetylene reduction was supported by the presence of hydrogen gas.