Carbon and nitrogen metabolism in rhizobium

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2000, Pages 117-163

  Poole, Philip ^a   Allaway, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGEN; MALIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITROGEN; OXALOACETIC ACID; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033914130     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(00)43004-3     Document Type: Review

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