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Nitrification in vitro by a range of filamentous fungi and yeasts
Author(s) -
Falih A.M.K.,
Wainwright M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1995.tb00996.x
Subject(s) - phanerochaete , chrysosporium , ammonium , nitrification , urea , incubation , microbiology and biotechnology , nitrate , biology , yeast extract , biomass (ecology) , botany , yeast , hydrolysis , chemistry , food science , nitrogen , fermentation , biochemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , lignin
A wide range of fungi including yeasts, growing on Czapek Dox medium, nitrified added ammonium and the ammonium released by urea hydrolysis. Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Hymenoscyphus ericiae were the only fungi tested which failed to nitrify. A soil yeast (isolate 1) was the most active nitrifier of ammonium in vitro , forming 0·80 μg nitrate mg ‐1 biomass over the 7 d incubation period.