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Culture-Dependent Unit
Lab Project TwoNitrogen Cycle
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Nitrogen Fixation (17.28)• N2 fixed to NH3 and NH2 groups - COSTS ATP • ONLY done by Prokaryotes - Bacteria and Archaea• Conserved O2-intolerant Nitrogenase/Fe-Mo cofactor• Assayed via acetylene reduction assay - understand
Acetylene and N2 both share triple bond substrates.
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Microbial Diversity & O2 Strategies - Table 17.10• Azotobacter: fastest aerobic ETC uses O2, capsule • Cyanobacteria: O2-resistant heterocysts• Methanogens & anoxygenic phototrophs: live anoxic• Symbionts: co-produce O2-binding "leghemoglobin”
You will view both phototrophs during that lab.
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Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation (19.22)• Legumes: root hairs secrete inducer molecules• Symbionts: aerobic soil Rhizobium (Proteobacteria)• Separate - no fixation; together - leghemoglobin• Bacteroids: misshapen Rhizobium in nodules
Non-leguminous Azolla/Anabaena, Alnus/Frankia; fine line between bacteroids and organelles…
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Rhizobium Enrichment• Dissect, clean, surface-sterilize nodule, comparing• Antiseptic: tissue-safe alcohol, H2O2 (Tables 20.3-4)• Disinfectant: not tissue-safe, bleach (Tables 20.3-4)• Media HAS nitrogen and simple sugar - capsule
Hospital antiseptics/disinfectants first used by Lister, 1976.
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Azotobacter Enrichment (12.9, 17.28, and 18.1)• Understand Beijerink’s enrichment, late 1800’s• Media lacks nitrogen, has simple sugar - capsule
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Nitrification and Denitrification Prominent in soil, water, sewage/feces, and GI tract
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Nitrification, Aerobic Chemolithotrophy (17.12)• Two-step process - ammonia then nitrite oxidation• NH3 + O2 yields NO2 + H2O + ATP, Nitrosomonas• NO2 + O2 yields NO3 + ATP, Nitrobacter• Both are Proteobacteria (12.3); packed with lamellae
Soil enrichment using NH3 media with aeration; measure either NH3 depletion or NO3 appearance.
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Anaerobic Nitrate Reduction (17.14)• EITHER denitrifying (to N2) or nitrifying (to fixed N)• NO3 + CH2O yields N2 + CO2 + ATP, Pseudomonas• NO3 + CH2O yields NH3 + CO2 + ATP, Enterics
Review river lab; many other living things also nitrify.
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Nitrate Reduction Enrichment/Testing - Table 24.3• Soil and water inoculation - nitrate reduction tube• 1 - bubble in Durham = N2 (denitrification)• 2 - A/B turns red = NO2 present (nitrification)• 3 (if 2 clear) - Zn turns red = no NO3 reduction
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Today’s Activities• Root nodule preparation/plating; Azotobacter set-up• Media preparation and inoculation - nitrification• Nitrate reduction inoculation/set-up