Heme compounds as iron sources for nonpathogenic Rhizobium bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3076-3078

  Noya, Francisco ^a,c   Arias, Alicia ^a   Fabiano, Elena ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b Inst Invest Biologiens Clemente E   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEGHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030895301     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.3076-3078.1997     Document Type: Article

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