NifH and NifD sequences of heliobacteria: A new lineage in the nitrogenase phylogeny

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-79

  Enkh Amgalan, Jigjiddorj ^a   Kawasaki, Hiroko ^a   Seki, Tatsuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heliobacterium; nifD; nifH; Nitrogen fixation; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

IRON PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HELIOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CLOSTRIDIUM; HELIOBACTERIUM; HELIOBACTERIUM GESTII; HELIOPHILUM FASCIATUM; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 12844289061     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.044     Document Type: Article

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