Factors Affecting the Reduction of Acetylene by Rhizobium-Soybean Cell Associations in Vitro1
AUTOR(ES)
Phillips, Donald A.
RESUMO
The acetylene reduction assay was used to measure presumed N2-reducing activity in Rhizobium-soybean cell associations in vitro. No acetylene reduction was observed in liquid suspensions of these organisms, but cells plated onto an agar medium from a liquid suspension of Rhizobium and soybean cells exhibited acetylene-dependent production of ethylene after 7 to 14 days. Aggregates of soybean cells 0.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter were required for this activity. Decreasing oxygen from 0.20 atm to 0.10, 0.04, or 0.00 atm completely inhibited acetylene reduction. The presence of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid or kinetin increased endogenous ethylene production and inhibited acetylene-dependent ethylene production. Acetylene reduction was observed with three out of four strains of R. japonicum tested, and three rhizobial strains, which produce root nodules on cowpeas but not soybeans, formed an association capable of acetylene-dependent ethylene production.
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