Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Rivas, Raúl ^a   Willems, Anne ^b   Subba Rao, Nanjappa S ^c   Mateos, Pedro F ^a   Dazzo, Frank B ^c   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^d   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a   Gillis, Monique ^b   Velázquez, Encarna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Devosia; Legume; Neptunia; Symbiosis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CATALASE; CELL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UREASE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON UTILIZATION; DEVOSIA NEPTUNIAE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INDIA; LEGUME; NEPTUNIA NATANS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

ALLORHIZOBIUM UNDICOLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEVOSIA; DEVOSIA NEPTUNIAE; DEVOSIA RIBOFLAVINA; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEPTUNIA; NEPTUNIA NATANS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM UNDICOLA;

EID: 0242417463     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337308     Document Type: Article

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