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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2007, p. 5959-5961, Vol. 73, No. 18
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00981-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Nitrogen Fixation by Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Its Implications for a New Ecological Niche{triangledown}

J. D. Criminger,1 T. H. Hazen,2 P. A. Sobecky,2 and C. R. Lovell1*

Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208,1 School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 303322

Received 1 May 2007/ Accepted 23 July 2007

A Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain isolated from the rhizosphere of the ecosystem dominant estuarine grass, Spartina alterniflora, was characterized and shown to carry nifH, the gene encoding the nitrogenase iron protein, and to fix N2. Nitrogen fixation may contribute substantially to the adaptability, niche breadth, and ecological significance of V. parahaemolyticus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, 715 Sumter St., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Phone: (803) 777-7036. Fax: (803) 777-4002. E-mail: lovell{at}biol.sc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 August 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2007, p. 5959-5961, Vol. 73, No. 18
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00981-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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