Respiratory protection of nitrogenase in Azotobacter species: Is a widely held hypothesis unequivocally supported by experimental evidence?

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-333

  Oelze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azotobacter; Energy regeneration; N status; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Respiration; Respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL ENERGY; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW;

AZOTOBACTER; CARBON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033818729     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00029-2     Document Type: Review

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