Ushakova N A, Belov L P, Varshavskiĭ A A, Kozlova A A, Kolganova T V, Bulygina E S, Turova T P
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr.33, Moscow, 119071 Russia.
Mikrobiologiia. 2003 May-Jun;72(3):400-6.
A nitrogen-fixing strain identified as Klebsiella pneumonia 402-2 and two endoglucanase-synthesizing Bacillus strains were isolated from the intestines of phytophagous animals. One of the Bacillus strains was identified as Bacillus subtilis GL. Klebsiella pneumoniae 402-2 increased the endoglucanase activity of both Bacillus strains in mixed cultures. The data on the taxonomic position of strains 402-2 and GL and on the nitrogen-fixing capacity of strain 402-2 were confirmed by sequencing and analyzing their 16S rRNA genes and by amplifying the nitrogenase gene nifH.
