Oxygen taxis and proton motive force in Azospirillum brasilense

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5199-5204

  Zhulin, Igor B ^a   Bespalov, Vyacheslav A ^a,b   Johnson, Mark S ^a   Taylor, Barry L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CHEMOTAXIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029787856     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5199-5204.1996     Document Type: Article

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