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The growth in continuous culture of Rhizobium leguminosarum on the nitrogen sources glutamine, ammonia, or ammonia and 5-oxoproline (formed when aqueous glutamine solutions are autoclaved) is described. When growth was nitrogen-limited with autoclaved glutamine the specific rate of 5-oxoproline utilization was independent of dilution rate, whereas the specific rate of ammonia utilization increased with dilution rate. Although the culture was nitrogen-limited, excess nitrogen (as 5-oxoproline) was still present in the supernatant, especially at high dilution rates.
Values obtained for Y max glucose and Y max oxgen were 72·2 and 32·5 g dry wt bacteria (mol substrate)−1, respectively, under ammonia/5-oxoproline limitation and 95·7 and 30·2 g dry wt bacteria (mol substrate)−1, respectively, under glutamine limitation.
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