Citrate synthase mutants of Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257 form ineffective nodules with aberrant ultrastructure

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3561-3568

  Krishnan, Hari B ^a   Kim, Won Seok ^a   Sun Hyung, Jeong ^a   Kim, Kil Yong ^b   Jiang, Guoqiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMES; GENES;

MUTANTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CITRATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURFACE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SOYBEAN; SYMBIONT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0038654480     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3561-3568.2003     Document Type: Article

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