Analysis of nifH gene pool complexity in soil and litter at a douglas fir forest site in the oregon cascade mountain range

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 374-380

  Widmer, F ^a,d   Shaffer, B T ^b   Porteous, L A ^c   Seidler, R J ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING; SOILS;

AZORHIZOBIUM; AZOSPIRILLUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DOUGLAS FIR FOREST SITE; GENE POOL COMPLEXITY; HERBASPIRILLUM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; THIOBACILLUS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

DNA FRAGMENT;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPIRILLUM;

CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; AZORHIZOBIUM; AZOSPIRILLUM; BRADYRHIZOBIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; HERBASPIRILLUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SPIRILLUM; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0033083698     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.374-380.1999     Document Type: Article

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