
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murphy, KM 
A1  - Mac Rae, IC 
A1  - Teakle, DS 
T1  - Nitrogenase Activity in the Queensland Fruit Fly, Dacus tryoni
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1988
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
SP  - 447
EP  - 452
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9880447 
N2  - When 5-day-old laboratory-raised Queensland fruit flies (Dacus tryoni) were fed a dinitrogen-fixing bacterial strain of Klebsiella oxytoca isolated from the crop of a wild fly, acetylene reduction (nitrogenase) activity associated with the flies was detected after 2 to 3 days and persisted for at least 22 days. Flies not fed the dinitrogen-fixing strain were negative for acetylene reduction until 21 days after emergence. Presumably such dinitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to supply some Queensland fruit flies with a small part of their nitrogen requirements, but its importance is unknown. 
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