Diversity and expression of nitrogenase genes (nifH) from ectomycorrhizas of Corsican pine (Pinus nigra)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2224-2230

  Izumi, Hironari ^a,b   Anderson, Ian C ^a   Alexander, Ian J ^b   Killham, Ken ^b   Moore, Edward R B ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; FUNGI; METHYLOCELLA; PINUS NIGRA; SUILLUS VARIEGATUS; TOMENTELLOPSIS SUBMOLLIS;

EID: 33750924251     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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