title: Influence of various phenolic compounds on Azotobacter.
abstract: All the phenolic compounds, viz., nitrophenol, hydroquinone, coumarin, and benzilic acid, inhibited the growth, polysaccharide production, respiration, and nitrogen fixation of different Azotobacter isolates in vitro. Both in the presence and absence of various phenolic compounds a direct correlation between the polysaccharide production and nitrogen fixation was observed. However, no such direct effect was observed with respect to respiration and nitrogen fixation in the Azotobacter isolates tested.
mesh_terms: D001395:Azotobacter / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D001561:Benzilates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000187:drug effects; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D001561:Benzilates; D003374:Coumarins; D006873:Hydroquinones; D009596:Nitrophenols; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial