Characterization of amplified polymerase chain reaction glnB and nifH gene fragments of nitrogen-fixing Burkholderia species

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Marin, V A ^a   Teixeira, K R S ^a   Baldani, J I ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; glnB; nifH; Nitrogen fixation; PCR; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOINFORMATICS; CHAINS; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; STRAIN;

BURKHOLDERIA; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; GENE FRAGMENTS; GLNB; NIFH; NIFH GENES; NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; PHYLOGENY; TROPICALIS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA FRAGMENT;

BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA BRASILENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA KURURIENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA TROPICALIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA BRASILENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA KURURIENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA TROPICA; BURKHOLDERIA TROPICALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037244620     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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