VANILLIN DEGRADATION AND NITROGEN FIXATION BY AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Azotobacter vinelandii grown on Burk's medium containing glu­cose and vanillin , was able to degrade vanillin at two different conentra­tions in the Warburg appparatus as a sole source of carbon. It was also capable to fix nitrogen under similar conditions.