Nitrogenase activity (acetylene reduction) of an iron-oxidizing leptospirillum strain cultured as a pioneer microbe from a recent volcanic deposit on Miyake-Jima, Japan

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Sato, Yoshinori ^a   Hosokawa, Ken ^a   Fujimura, Reiko ^a,b   Nishizawa, Tomoyasu ^a   Kamijo, Takashi ^c   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iron oxidation; Leptospirillum; Miyake jima; N2 fixation; Volcanic deposit

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 72549098796     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09139     Document Type: Article

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