Intra-specific diversity study of the nitrogen fixing bacterium Azospirillum amazonense isolated from different Brachiaria species

Symbiosis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-56

  Dos Reis Jr , Fábio B ^a   Da Silva, Marinete F ^b   Teixeira, Kátia R S ^b   Urquiaga, Segundo ^b   Reis, Veronica M ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diazotrophic bacteria; Microdiversity; Plant growth promotion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM AMAZONENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIARIA; POACEAE;

EID: 1642359344     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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