Sensing of N-status in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus: Biochemistry and genetics of nitrogen fixation and assimilation

Symbiosis

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Perlova, Olena ^b   Ureta, Alejandro ^a   Meletzus, Dietmar ^b   Nordlund, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen metabolism; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0242417012     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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