Review Article
Research Progress and Perspectives of Nitrogen Fixing Bacterium, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, in Monocot Plants
Table 2
General characteristics of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus.
| Characteristics | G. diazotrophicus |
| Gram reaction | − | Dark brown colonies on potato agar with 10% sugar | + | Dark orange colonies on LGIP medium with 10% sugar | + | Motility | + | N2 fixation | + | NO3—reduction | − | N2 fixation with | + | Catalase | + | Oxidase | − | Growth on carbon sources | | Sucrose* | + | Glucose | + | Sorbitol | + | Galactose | + | Xylose | + | Ethanol | + | Sodium acetate | + | Glycerol | + | Arabinose | + | Raffinose | + | meso-Erythritol | + | Fructose | + | Maltose | + | Rhamnose | + | Trehalose | + | Cellobiose | + | Melibiose | + | Growth on L-amino acids in the presence of sorbitol as carbon source | | L-cysteine | + | L-glutamine | + | L-proline | + | L-tryptophan | + | L-aspartic acid | + |
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+: positive; −: negative.
*Only some strains were positive. [18, 19, 30–32].
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