Identification of symbiosis-specific c-type cytochromes and a putative oxidase in bacteroids of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Vargas, Carmen ^a,c   Wu, Guanghui ^b   Delgado, Maria Jesus ^a   Poole, Robert K ^b   Downie, J Allan ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteroids; Cytochromes; Haem; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C; HEMOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030049882     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-1-41     Document Type: Article

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