Ashby's Sucrose Agar is recommended for growth and maintenance of Azotobacter species from soil samples. Azotobacter is a non-symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria which uses sucrose as a carbon source and atmospheric nitrogen as nitrogen source.
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