Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of Mexican Frankia strains associated with Casuarina

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-255

  Vásquez, Luis ^a   Pérez, Néstor Octavio ^a   Valdés, María ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon source; Effectivity; Frankia; Infectivity; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEXICO; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIUM; NITROGENASE; NODULATION; PLANT GROWTH; REFORESTATION; SYMBIOSIS;

CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; FRANKIA;

EID: 0034212274     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(00)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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