Ammonium and methylammonium uptake by the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii
Azotobacter vinelandii, grown with ammonium as a nitrogen source, was shown to possess an active transport system which could concentrate ammonium 44 to 58 fold. Ammonium uptake was inhibited by the glutamate analog methionine sulfone. The properties of the ammonium uptake system (transport and meta...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24331 |