Nitrogenase Activity in the Queensland Fruit Fly, Dacus tryoni
| Autor: | IC Mac Rae, DS Teakle, KM Murphy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Queensland Fruit Flies
biology Strain (chemistry) fungi Nitrogenase Klebsiella oxytoca General Medicine biology.organism_classification Bacterial strain Crop Horticulture Endocrinology Dacus Reproductive Medicine Botany Genetics General Materials Science Animal Science and Zoology Molecular Biology Bacteria Developmental Biology Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Biological Sciences. 41:447 |
| ISSN: | 0004-9417 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/bi9880447 |
| Popis: | When 5-day-old laboratory-raised Queensland fruit flies (Dacus tryoni) were fed a dinitrogen-fixing bacterial strain of Klebsiella oxytoca isolated from the crop of a wild fly, acetylene reduction (nitrogenase) activity associated with the flies was detected after 2 to 3 days and persisted for at least 22 days. Flies not fed the dinitrogen-fixing strain were negative for acetylene reduction until 21 days after emergence. Presumably such dinitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to supply some Queensland fruit flies with a small part of their nitrogen requirements, but its importance is unknown. |
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