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Relative humidity in which oxygen becomes toxic to rhizobia

Value	<=70 %
Organism	Rhizobia
Reference	Deaker, R., R. J. Roughley, and I. R. Kennedy. 2004. Legume seed inoculation technology—a review. Soil Biol. Biochem. 36:1275-1288
Comments	The targets of O2 damage are proteins, membranes and nucleic acids (reviewed by Potts (1994)). Protein damage through metal-catalysed (Fe3+) oxidation reactions and lipid peroxidation leads to a loss of membrane semi-permeability and ultimately cell lysis.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	102431