期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1972
卷号:69
期号:12
页码:3501-3503
DOI:10.1073/pnas.69.12.3501
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Mutants of Azotobacter vinelandii that fix N2 in the presence of excess NH4+ have been isolated. A mutant that was unable to synthesize component I and component II of nitrogenase was spontaneously reverted to the N2-fixing phenotype. Of 21 revertants picked, 7 revertants were not as sensitive as the wild type to repression. A derepressed mutant is as sensitive as the wild type to growth inhibition by 2-methylalanine in the presence of glucose.