Percent of the dry weight of bacteria that is nitrogen
Range | ~10 % |
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Organism | bacteria |
Reference | Gerhard Gottschalk, Bacterial Metabolism, Springer Series in Microbiology 1986, chapter 1, Nutrition of Bacteria, p.4 2nd paragraph |
Comments | "Nitrogen is required in large quantities because it amounts to approximately 10% of the dry weight of bacteria." |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 109087 |