Fixing N

Authors :: Giulia, Trentin
Francesca, Piazza
Marta, Carletti
Boris, Zorin
Inna, Khozin-Goldberg
Alberto, Bertucco
Eleonora, Sforza
Source :: Applied microbiology and biotechnology. 107(1)
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: Two diazotrophic cyanobacteria (Anabaena cylindrica PCC 7122 and Nostoc sp. PCC 7120) were cultivated to produce cyanophycin, a nitrogen reserve compound, under nitrogen fixing conditions. In preliminary continuous experiments, Nostoc sp. was shown to be more efficient, accumulating a higher amount of cyanophycin and showing a greater capability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the biomass (67 mg