[Fixation of molecular nitrogen by sulfate-reducing bacteria from petroleum strata]. 1979

T N Nazina, and E P Rozanova, and T A Kalininskaia

The activity of nitrogen fixation by the museum strains of sulfate reducing bacteria isolated from oil deposits was studied using the acetylene technique. The mesophilic sulpfate reducing bacteria belonging to the species Desulfovibrio africanus 2372 and D. baculatus X were found to have a high nitrogenase activity. D desulfuricans subsp. aestuarii 2198 reduced acetylene at a low rate. The thermophilic sulfate reducing cultures of D. thermophilus 7, Desulfotomaculum nigrificans 781 and Dm. nigrificans subsp. salinus 435 produced only small quantities of ethylene. Apparently, nitrogen fixation by sulfate reducing bacteria can be considerable in oil strata whose temperature does not exceed 35--40 degrees C.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009586 Nitrogen Fixation The process in certain BACTERIA; FUNGI; and CYANOBACTERIA converting free atmospheric NITROGEN to biologically usable forms of nitrogen, such as AMMONIA; NITRATES; and amino compounds. Diazotrophy,Diazotrophic Activity,Dinitrogen Fixation,N2 Fixation,Activities, Diazotrophic,Activity, Diazotrophic,Diazotrophic Activities,Fixation, Dinitrogen,Fixation, N2,Fixation, Nitrogen
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D010578 Petroleum Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, petrochemicals, and lubricants. Crude Oil,Crude Oils,Oil, Crude,Oils, Crude,Petroleums
D003901 Desulfovibrio A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. Organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.
D001406 Bacillaceae A family of bacteria which produce endospores. They are mostly saprophytes from soil, but a few are insect or animal parasites or pathogens.
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D014871 Water Microbiology The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms. Microbiology, Water

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