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Summary: Use of a pyruvate-based medium in which the supply of combined N limited growth enabled detection of diazotrophy (as C2H2 reduction) in batch cultures of 12 out of 15 strains of Desulfovibrio representing 5 species and including 2 strains hitherto believed to be non-diazotrophic.
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POSTGATE et al. (1985) studied this question.
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