Isolation of nitrogen-fixing bacteria from gramineous crops and measurement of nitrogenase activity

Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-24

  Choi, Eun Hwa ^a   Sang, Eun Lee ^a   Ki, Soon Yoon ^a   Kwon, Duck Kee ^a   Sohn, Jae Keun ^a   Park, Seung Hwan ^b   Han, Myung Sook ^a   Ghim, Sa Youl ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; Cellulase; Nitrogen fixing bacteria; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARLEY; COLOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KOREA; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OAT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; RYE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

AVENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141920699     PISSN: 1598642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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