Rhizobium sp. strain ORS571 ammonium assimilation and nitrogen fixation.

AUTOR(ES)

Donald, R G

RESUMO

Among rhizobia studied, Rhizobium sp. strain ORS571 alone grew unambiguously on N2 as sole N source. In ORS571 , only the glutamine synthetase (GS)-glutamate synthase ( GOGAT ) pathway assimilated ammonium. However, ORS571 exhibited two unique physiological aspects of this pathway: ORS571 had only GS I, whereas all other Rhizobiaceae studied had both GS I and GS II, and both NADPH- and NADH-dependent GOGAT activities were present. ORS571 GS-affected and NADPH- GOGAT -affected mutant strains were defective in both ammonium assimilation (Asm-) and N2 fixation (Nif-) in culture and in planta ; NADH- GOGAT mutants were Asm- but Nif+. "Bacteroid" GS activity was essentially nil, suggesting symbiotic ammonium export. Physiological studies on effects of glutamine, ammonium, methionine sulfoximine, and diazo-oxo-norleucine on nitrogenase induction in culture implied a regulatory role for the intracellular glutamine pool.

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