Nitrogen-fixing Klebsiella variicola in feces from herbivorous tortoises
E. Martinez-Romero, D. Montes-Grajales, B. Jimenez, M. A. Rogel, A. Alagon, N. Esturau-Escofet, B. Esquivel, J. Martinez-Romero
The paper detects nitrogen fixation in tortoise feces using acetylene reduction assay and identifies Klebsiella variicola as the nitrogen-fixing bacterium.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology