<i>Geosiphon pyriforme</i>, an Endosymbiotic Consortium of a Fungus and a Cyanobacterium (<i>Nostoc</i>), Fixes Nitrogen

Manfred Kluge, Dieter Mollenhauer, Resi Mollenhauer, Rüdiger Kape

Botanica Acta · 1992 · 40 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Abstract The bladders of Geosiphon pyriforme , an endosymbiotic consortium of a fungus and the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme , show nitrogenase activity. This suggests that the organism is capable of nitrogen fixation.

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