Azoarcus grass endophytes contribute fixed nitrogen to the plant in an unculturable state

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-242

  Hurek, Thomas ^a   Handley, Linda L ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a   Piché, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

MESSENGER RNA; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035987085     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.3.233     Document Type: Article

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