Identification of N2-fixing plant- and fungus-associated Azoarcus species by PCR-based genomic fingerprints

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4331-4339

  Hurek, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Bianca ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

AZOARCUS;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0030613611     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4331-4339.1997     Document Type: Article

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