A spontaneous chlorate-resistant mutant of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 displays defects in nitrate reduction and plant root colonization

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 317-322

  Steenhoudt, Oda ^a   Ping, Zhu ^a   Vande Broek, Ann ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Chlorate resistance; Nitrate reductase; Plant root colonization

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHLORATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC STRAIN; MUTANT; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; RICE; SEEDLING; WHEAT;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; RHIZOBIACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035040427     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740000329     Document Type: Article

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