Oxygen protection of nitrogen fixation in free-living Azorhizobium caulinodans: The role of cytochrome aa3

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1773-1782

  Boogerd, Fred C ^a   Pronk, Annemieke F ^a   Mashingaidze, Cyril ^a   Affourtit, Charles ^a   Stouthamer, Adriaan H ^a   Van Verseveld, Henk W ^a   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auto protection; Cytochrome aa3; Nitrogen fixation; Oxygen; Respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMOSTAT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031823347     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1773     Document Type: Article

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