16S Ribosomal DNA Characterization of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Banana (Musa spp.) and Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merril)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2375-2379

  Cruz, Leonardo Magalhaes ^a   De Souza, Emanuel Maltempi ^a   Weber, Olmar Baler ^b   Baldani, José Ivo ^c   Döbereiner, Johanna ^c   De Oliveira Pedrosa, Fábio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA TROPICAL   (Brazil)

^c Centra Nac Pesquisa A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANGIOSPERMS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 0035346929     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2375-2379.2001     Document Type: Article

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