Azospirillum, a free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium closely associated with grasses: Genetic, biochemical and ecological aspects

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 487-506

  Steenhoudt, Oda ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Azotobacter; Endophytic diazotroph; Indole 3 acetic acid; Nitrogen fixation; Plant root interaction

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE; INDOLEACETIC ACID;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ECOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXY-LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; OXYGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACETOBACTER; AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); POACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 0033818519     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00036-X     Document Type: Review

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