Azotobacter
Edit Page
Report
Scan day: 04 March 2014 UTC
7
Virus safety - good
Description: Photograph of an encysted bacterium, and information on the process by which this free-living organism can fix nitrogen.
DLC-ME | The Microbe Zoo | Dirtland | Root Cellar | Rhizosphere to see a larger image (JPEG) of this microbe. This is the cross section of a cyst of the bacterium, Azotobacter. Azotobacter is an organism that lives in soil. It can fix nitrogen. Unlike rhizobium, azotobacter is free-living. This cyst is a resting stage for this organism that allows it to survive in harsh conditions. This cyst has the same function as endospores in other bacteria.
Size: 449 chars
Contact Information
Email: —
Phone&Fax: —
Address: —
Extended: —
WEBSITE Info
| Page title: | DLC-ME | The Microbe Zoo | Dirtland | Root Cellar | Rhizosphere |
| Keywords: | |
| Description: | |
| IP-address: | 35.8.188.182 |
WHOIS Info
| NS | Name Servers: SERV1.CL.MSU.EDU 35.8.2.41 SERV3.CL.MSU.EDU 35.8.98.43 |
| WHOIS | |
| Date | activated: 06-May-1987 last updated: 25-May-2012 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |