The 'oxygen paradox' of dinitrogen-fixing bacteria

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 363-373

  Marchal, Kathleen ^b   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Janssens, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Azospirillum species; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase complex; Oxygen paradox; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HABITAT; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; SOIL BACTERIUM;

BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034059469     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050017     Document Type: Review

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