%0 Journal Article %A Lynch, J. M. %A Harper, S. H. T. %T Straw as a Substrate for Cooperative Nitrogen Fixation %D 1983 %J Microbiology, %V 129 %N 1 %P 251-253 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-129-1-251 %I Microbiology Society, %X Inoculation of wheat straw, contained in glass columns and moistened by continuous recirculation of a solution containing mineral salts, with a cellulolytic fungus, Penicillium corylophilum, and a N2-fixing anaerobe, Clostridium butyricum, increased the decomposition rate constant from 0·0096 d−1 to 0·0139 d−1 compared with non-inoculated straw. N2 fixation during the utilization of the straw resulted in again of 11.5 mg N (g straw lost)−1 over a period of 8 weeks at 25°C. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-129-1-251