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The biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid by Frankia

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Frankia Symbioses

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 12))

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High perfomance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of the products of [5-3H] tryptophan metabolism by Frankia sp. Avc I1 indicates that small amounts of [3H] indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) are excreted into the growth medium. Frankia has a limited capacity for the catabolism of [2-14C] IAA and the product that accumulates is different from that detected in Rhizobium japonicum cultures following inoculation with [2-14C] IAA. The data imply that the rate of turnover of IAA is much more rapid in Rhizobium than Frankia and that the two organisms employ different routes for the catabolism of IAA.

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  1. G. Sandberg

    Present address: Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83, Umeå, Sweden

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  1. Department of Botany, The University, Glasgow, G12, Scotland

    C. T. Wheeler, A. Crozier & G. Sandberg

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Agricultural University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    A. D. L. Akkermans

  2. C. F. Kettering Research Laboratory, Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA

    D. Baker

  3. Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

    K. Huss-Danell

  4. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA

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Wheeler, C.T., Crozier, A., Sandberg, G. (1984). The biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid by Frankia . In: Akkermans, A.D.L., Baker, D., Huss-Danell, K., Tjepkema, J.D. (eds) Frankia Symbioses. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6158-6_10

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