Molecular diversity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria from the Tibetan Plateau, China

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-142

  Zhang, Yuguang ^a,b   Li, Diqiang ^a   Wang, Huimin ^c   Xiao, Qiming ^b   Liu, Xueduan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular diversity; Nitrogen fixing bacteria; PCR RFLP analysis; Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 33745536404     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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