Endophytic nifH gene diversity in African sweet potato

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 549-555

  Reiter, Birgit ^a   Bürgmann, Helmut ^b   Burg, Kornel ^a   Sessitsch, Angela ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endophytes; nifH; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase reductase; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; SOILS;

GENE DIVERSITY; POLYMORPHISM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENE PRODUCT; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN NIFH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENDOPHYTE; GENETIC VARIATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENDOPHYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; SWEET POTATO;

AFRICA; BACTERIA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS ODORIFER; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM SP.; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0348014402     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-070     Document Type: Article

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