Legume Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by β-Proteobacteria Is Widespread in Nature

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7266-7272

  Chen, Wen Ming ^a   Moulin, Lionel ^b,e   Bontemps, Cyril ^b,c   Vandamme, Peter ^d   Béna, Gilles ^b   Boivin Masson, Catherine ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CARIBENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA PHYMANTUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEGUME; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NOD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA TAIWANENSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; FABACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MIMOSA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RALSTONIA; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CARIBENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA PHYMATUM; MIMOSA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA TAIWANENSIS;

EID: 0344666694     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7266-7272.2003     Document Type: Article

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