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17 th <strong>International</strong> Congress on <strong>Nitrogen</strong> <strong>Fixation</strong><br />
Fremantle, Western Australia<br />
27 November – 1 December 2011<br />
Title N2O emission from degraded soybean nodules by denitrification of Bradyrhizobim japonicum<br />
and other soil microorganisms<br />
Authors Fumio Ikenishi, Shoko Inaba, Manabu Itakura, Shima Eda, Hisayuki Mitsui, and Kiwamu<br />
Minamisawa<br />
Poster Board Number 45<br />
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University<br />
To clarify mechanism of N2O emission from degraded soybean nodules (Inaba et al. 2009), a model system was<br />
developed to reproduce N2O emission from degrading soybean nodules in laboratory. Thirty-days after soybean<br />
plants inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum were cultivated in Leonard‟s jars, treatments of shoot<br />
decapitation (D) and/or soil addition (S) were conducted to simulate the nodule degradation and subsequent N2O<br />
emission. Double treatment (DS) resulted in the degradation and N2O emission from the nodules formed with B.<br />
japonicum lacking nosZ. These results suggested that soil microbes are required for the N2O emission from<br />
degraded soybean nodules. To evaluate bradyrhizobial contribution, N2O emission was compared between nirK<br />
mutant (∆nirK) and wild-type B. japonicum USDA110 under identical nosZ genetic backgrounds. N2O emission<br />
from the nodules formed with ∆nirK∆nosZ mutant was significantly lower than that from ∆nosZ mutant under DS<br />
treatment, but retained approximately a half amount of N2O emission in ∆nosZ mutant (30-60%), suggesting that<br />
nitrate reduction to N2O is due to both B. japonicum and other soil microorganisms. On the other hand, it is likely<br />
N2O reduction to N2 was mainly mediated by B. japonicum cells carrying nosZ, which was consistently supported<br />
by the comparisons between wild-type USDA110 and nosZ mutants. Thus, B. japonicum plays an important role<br />
in determining N2O flux from soybean rhizosphere as well as unknown soil microorganisms. It has been reported<br />
that fungi emit N2O in various fields. Thus, we isolated fungi spores from the model system, and evaluated their<br />
N2O production. As a result, many of the isolates produced N2O from nitrite in culture.<br />
Inaba S, Tanabe K, Eda S. Ikeda S, Higashitani A, Mitsui H & Minamisawa K (2009) Nitrous oxide emissions and<br />
microbial community in the rhizosphere of nodulated soybeans during the late growth period. Microbes Environ.<br />
24: 64-67.<br />
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2011