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Azotobacter chroococcum Beijerinck 1901
NCAIM Number	B.01391^T
Other Collection Number	DSM 2286, ATCC 9043
Strain Name	43
Mutant
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Isolation source	country of origin unknown
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Restriction	Hazard Group 1
Name of Medium	NCAIM 0027 - Azotobacter Medium 30°C
Notes and applications	Produces L-carnitine. Fixes nitrogen. The subspecies Azotobacter chroococcum subsp. chroococcum subsp. nov. is created automatically with the type strain ATCC 9043^T (=DSM 2286^T=JCM 20725^T=JCM 21503^T=LMG 8756^T=NBRC 102613^T=NCAIM B.01391^T=NRRL B-14346^T=VKM B-1616^T). https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem... ID checked by 16S sequencing
Literature	J. Microbiol. Methods 8: 259-271, 1988 Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30: 225-420, 1980 Azotobacteraceae - the taxonomy and ecology of the aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 1979