联合固氮菌Enterobacter gergoviae57-7泌铵突变株的分离和特性

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NH^(+_(4)) EXCRETING MUTANTS OF ENTEROBACTER GERGOVIAE 57 7

经 Tn5转座子诱变从野生型菌株 ( Enterobacter gergoviae 5 7- 7)筛选到抗甲胺 ( 0 .3mol/L )的泌铵突变株 MG61 ,该突变株在固氮生长时能分泌铵 2 .0 mmol/L。由于泌铵 MG61的生长比野生型菌株慢 ,在培养基中含铵 ( 5 mmol/L或 30 mmol/L)条件下 ,MG61的生长速率与对照相同 ,而远比野生型菌株慢 ,表明 MG 61不能很好地利用铵。在含 2 0 mmol/L铵的培养基中 MG 61仍表达 86%的固氮活性 ,而野生型菌株完全丧失了固氮活性。在谷氨酸存在下 MG61的生长速率及固氮酶活性都比对照高。在硝酸盐存在下 MG61的生长速率与对照相同 ,但泌铵量达 7.8mmol/L。

NH + 4 excreting mutants were isolated from Enterobacter gergoviae 57 7 wild type as methylamine resistant strains which were obtained by mutagenesis with a transposable element Tn5. The MG 61 mutants excreted 2 mmol/L of ammonium during a diazotrophic growth. The growth of MG 61 mutants were slower than the growth of wild types because of its excreting ammonium. MG 61 mutants expressed up to 86% of the fully depressed nitrogenase activity when grown in a medium containing 20 mmol/L ammonium. By contrast the ammonium grown cultures of wild type had no nitrogenase activity. In the presence of 5 mmol/L or 30 mmol/L of ammonium in the medium, the growth of MG 61 mutants was as same as CK and much slower than that of the wild types which means that the mutants could not utilize amonium very well in the medium. But MG 61 mutants could utilize glutamate as a sole nitrogen source. In the presence of nitrate (10 mmol/L) in the medium, MG 61 mutants grew slowly but excreted 7 8 mmol/L of ammonium.