Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Mikrobiologi Dasar-Pertemuan 2
Mikrobiologi Dasar-Pertemuan 2
Mikroorganisme di
Lingkungan
Pertemuan-2
Februari 2017
Siklus
Karbon
• Atmosphere 78% nitrogen
• Not in directly accessible form for
organisms
• Made usable by fixation
5-50 lbs....../acre/year
B. Symbiotic, in association with legume plants
(plants supply energy from
photosynthesis)
1. Rhyzobium
2. Bradyrhizobium Infect root hairs and
root nodules of legumes
Rhizobium Alfalfa root nodule
Infection and
nodule
formation
Dazzo & Wopereis, 2000
Decomposition
1. Nitrosomonas:
NH3→NO2- (nitrite) + energy
2. Nitrobacter:
NO2-→NO3- (nitrate) + energy
D. Denitrification
Completes N cycle by returning N 2 to atmosphere
(prevents N added as fertilizer from being “locked” in roots and
soil)