Sphingomonas azotifigens sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of Oryza sativa

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 889-893

  Xie, Cheng Hui ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; NIFH PROTEIN; POLYAMINE; RNA 16S; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEW COMBINATION (TAXONOMY); NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS AZOTIFIGENS; SPHINGOMONAS TRUEPERI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ORYZA SATIVA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS TRUEPERI;

EID: 33646200083     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64056-0     Document Type: Article

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