Nitrogen fixation by photosynthetic bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 115-118

  Ludden, Paul W ^a   Roberts, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP ribosylation; Howard Gest; Manometry; Martin Kamen; Mass spectrometry; Nitrogen fixation; Photosynthetic bacteria; Rhodospirillum rubrum; Robert H. Burris; William Bulen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0036410061     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020497619288     Document Type: Short Survey

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