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- Title
Microbial Nitrogen Fixation in the Intestine of Tipulidae Tipula maxima Larvae.
- Authors
Kostina, N. V.; Chernysheva, A. N.; Vecherskii, M. V.; Kuznetsova, T. A.
- Abstract
Nitrogen-fixing activity of microorganisms in the intestines of Crane fly (Tipulidae) larvae and their influence on the processes of microbial nitrogen fixation in soil have been studied. Two independent methods have shown high rates of nitrogenase activity in the digestive tract of larvae, which is determined mainly by transit nitrogen-fixing microorganisms. Nitrogen fixers actively developing in the intestines of larvae stimulate a sharp increase in nitrogenase activity in the soil: after 3 months of incubation, the activity increases eightfold; it can contribute to the accumulation of nitrogen in the habitats of the larvae.
- Subjects
NITROGEN fixation; CRANE flies; LARVAE; NITROGEN-fixing microorganisms; ALIMENTARY canal; RHIZOSPHERE; INTESTINES
- Publication
Biology Bulletin, 2020, Vol 47, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
1062-3590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1062359020010069