Recovery and Phylogenetic Analysis of nifH Sequences from Diazotrophic Bacteria Associated with Dead Aboveground Biomass of Spartina alterniflora

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-12, 2001, Pages 5308-5314

  Lovell, Charles R ^a   Friez, Michael J ^b   Longshore, John W ^b   Bagwell, Christopher E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOMASS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035516087     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.11.5308-5314.2001     Document Type: Article

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