Abstract
Five azide resistant mutants of Azotobacter chroococcum were isolated after MNNG mutagenesis. These mutants varied in their ability to detoxify azide in the presence of NH4+ and this ability has been found to be directly related to NH4+ derepression.
MeSH terms
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Ammonia / pharmacology*
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Azides / metabolism
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Azides / pharmacology*
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Azotobacter / drug effects
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Azotobacter / genetics*
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Inactivation, Metabolic
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Methylnitronitrosoguanidine / pharmacology
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Mutation*
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Sodium Azide
Substances
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Azides
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Methylnitronitrosoguanidine
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Ammonia
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Sodium Azide