Symbiotic effectiveness, rate of respiration and glutamine synthetase activity of sodium azide-resistant strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 466-470

  Yadav, A S ^a   Vasudeva, M ^a   Upadhyay, K K ^a   Sawhney, S K ^a   Vashishat, R K ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CULTURED CELL; DRY WEIGHT; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; HOST PLANTS; RATE OF RESPIRATIONS; RESISTANT STRAINS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SODIUM AZIDE; STRAIN-RESISTANT; SYMBIOTICS;

SODIUM AZIDE;

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; SODIUM AZIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST CELL; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0033057802     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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