Molecular phylogenetic and biogeochemical studies of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2209-2216

  Hikes, Mark E ^a   Evans, Robert S ^b   Sharak Genthner, Barbara R ^c   Willis, Stephanie G ^b   Friedman, Stephanie ^d   Rooney Varga, Juliette N ^b,e   Devereux, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GRASS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOVIBRIO; HYMENACHNE; PROKARYOTA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFIORA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0032947584     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2209-2216.1999     Document Type: Article

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