Emergence of a laccase-positive variant of Azospirillum lipoferum occurs via a two-step phenotypic switching process

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 371-378

  Alexandre, Gladys ^a,b   Bally, René ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Azospirillum lipoferum; Laccase positive variant; Phenotypic switching

Indexed keywords

LACCASE;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM;

EID: 0032934710     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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