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Physiological and morphological alterations induced by carbaryl and 1-naphthol combinations inNostoc linckia isolated from soil

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Carbaryl and its major hydrolysis product, 1-naphthol, were tested singly and together at concentrations ranging from 2 to 20 μg/ml towards photosynthesis, in vivo nitrate reductase activity and nitrogen fixation, and ultrastructure of a diazotrophic cyanobacterium,Nostoc linckia, isolated from soil. All three physiological processes tested were drastically affected and correlated well with the alterations in the ultrastructure of the organism. Combination of carbaryl and 1-naphthol, at different concentrations, interacted significantly, yielding additive, antagonistic, and synergistic responses.

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  1. Mallavarapu Megharaj

    Present address: Division of Mikrobiologie, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-3300, Braunschweig, Germany

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  1. Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Mallavarapu Megharaj & Howard W. Pearson

  2. Department of Microbiology, S.K. University, Anantapur 515 003, India

    Kadiyala Venkateswarlu

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Megharaj, M., Pearson, H.W. & Venkateswarlu, K. Physiological and morphological alterations induced by carbaryl and 1-naphthol combinations inNostoc linckia isolated from soil. Current Microbiology 27, 41–45 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576832

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