Azotobacter
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aerobic bacteria, gram negative bacteria
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genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria found in soil and water; its organisms occur singly, in pairs or irregular clumps, and sometimes in chains of varying lengths.
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- Characteristics of Azotobacter : Azotobacter is Gram negative bacteria, polymorphic i.
- Growth of Azotobacter : Usually Azotobacter is grown on a solid medium free of nitrogen.
- The enrichment for the Azotobacter is based on the ability of the organism to fix nitrogen aerobically.
- Azotobacter is an organism that lives in soil.
- Azotobacter is a diazotrophic bacterium that harbors three genetically distinct nitrogenases referred to as nif, vnf, and anf systems.
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