Rhizobitoxine production by Bradyrhizobium elkanii enhances nodulation and competitiveness on Macroptilium atropurpureum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2658-2663

  Yuhashi, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Ichikawa, Norikazu ^a   Ezura, Hiroshi ^b   Akao, Shoichiro ^c   Minakawa, Yasuo ^d   Nukui, Noriyuki ^a   Yasuta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; RHIZOBITOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; LEGUME; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, CYCLIC; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ETHYLENES; FABACEAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMIDS; PROPANOLAMINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034123575     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2658-2663.2000     Document Type: Article

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