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Anabaena azollae (AS-DS), isolated from Azolla filiculoides and grown in nitrogen-free medium, was immobilized in 5-mm-cube polyvinyl foam pieces and incorporated into a photobioreactor system for the production of NH3. NH3 was produced continuously and in significant amounts. Benlate (methyl-1-butyl-carbamoyl)-2-benzimidazole carbamate at 5 ppm and l-methionine-d,l-sulphoximine at 50 μm stimulated NH3 production continuously for a period of 1 week.
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S. Kannaiyan is with the Biotechnology Unit, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003, Tamilnadu, India; K.K. Rao and D.O. Hall are with the Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, London W8 7AH, UK.
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Kannaiyan, S., Rao, K.K. & Hall, D.O. Immobilization of Anabaena azollae from Azolla filiculoides in polyvinyl foam for ammonia production in a photobioreactor system. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 10, 55–58 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00357564
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