Physiological and molecular diversity of feather moss associative N 2-fixing cyanobacteria

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 422, 2005, Pages 3121-3127

  Gentili, Francesco ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^b   Zackrisson, Olle ^b   DeLuca, Thomas H ^c   Sellstedt, Anita ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction assay (ARA); Calothrix; Cyanobacteria; Moss; N2 fixation Nostoc; Stigonema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLENE REDUCTION ASSAYS (ARA); CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; MOSS; N2 FIXATION NOSTOC; STIGONEMA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BRYOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; STIGONEMA;

EID: 28544452744     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri309     Document Type: Article

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