DNA-Probing for Genes Coding for Denitrification, N2-Fixation and Nitrification in Bacteria Isolated from Different Soils

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-81

  Kloos, Karin ^a   Hüsgen, Ursula M ^a   Bothe, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2642610309     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1998-1-214     Document Type: Article

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