Phylogeny of cyanobacterial nifH genes: Evolutionary implications and potential applications to natural assemblages

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1443-1450

  Zehr, Jonathan P ^a   Mellon, Mark T ^a   Hiorns, William D ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; nifH; Nitrogenase; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOTHECE; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA LAGERHEIMII; MYXOSARCINA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; XENOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030982636     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1443     Document Type: Article

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