The objectives of this study were to count and culture Azotobacter spp. in sampled soils, to determine the nitrogen (N) fixing capacity byAzotobacter spp. in pure culture and different soils, and to explore the relationships between N fixation capacity of Azotobacter spp. and microbiological properties of soils in Northern Anatolia, Turkey. Statistically significant relationships were found bet...

recently, using the source of organic fertilizers and biofertilizers in sustainable crop production is growing. in order to evaluate the effect of organic compounds, biofertilizers and chemical fertilizer on morphological properties, yield and yield components of forage sorghum (sorghum bicolor) a field experiment was conducted in the research farm, college of agriculture, ferdowsi university o...

Cultures of Azotobacter chroococcum strain A6 were grown for 14 days in a nitrogen-deficient mineral medium, the supernatant fluid and bacteria extracted and examined by paper partition chromatography with two solvent systems which separate authentic gibberellin (GA 3) and indolyl-3-acetic acid (IAA). Gibberellin-like substances were not detected on the chromatograms examined under ultraviolet ...

Large amounts of homopolymers containing -hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and copolymers containing -hydroxyvalerate (P[HB-co-HV]) are produced by Azotobacter chroococcum strain H23 when growing in culture media amended with alpechı́n (wastewater from olive oil mills) as the sole carbon source. Copolymer was formed when valerate (pentanoate) was added as a precursor to the alpechı́n medium, but it was not ...

The yield, nutrient uptake and cost efficacy of Chlorophytum. borivillianum were studied using dual inoculation with AM fungi (Glomus fasciculatum) and Azotobacter chroococcum. The experiment was conducted for two consecutive years with two levels of chemical fertilizers as F1(N-P-K : 24-24-32 kg ha) and F2 (N-P-K : 30-30-40 kg ha). Inoculation of bioinoculants encouraged results; the fresh tub...

A pot experiment was conducted to determine the effect of compost and bio-fertilizers on the growth, yield and oil constituents of marjoram (Majorana hortensis L.). Forty five days old seedling were transplanted in soil treated with 15 and 30% aqueous extracts of compost and/or biofertilizers (mixture of Azospirillum brasilienses, Azotobacter chroococcum, Bacillus polymyxa & B. circulans) in ad...

In addition to their g = 1.94 EPR signal, nitrogenase Fe-proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii, Azotobacter chroococcum and Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibit a weak EPR signal with g approximately equal to 5. Temperature dependence of the signal was consistent with an S = 3/2 system with negative zero-field splitting, D = -5 +/- 0.7 cm-1. The ms = +/- 3/2 ground state doublet gives rise to a transit...