Nitrogen metabolism, artificial association study in two cyanobacterial isolates and assessment of their potential as biofertilizer

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-403

  Syiem, Mayashree Borthakur ^a   Singh, Arvind Kumar ^a   Rai, Amar Nath ^b   Khumanthem, Nonibala ^a   Singh, Rajkumar Somendrajit ^a   Adhikari, Samrat ^a   Bhattacharjee, Amrita ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofertilizer; Cyanobacteria; Mesophile; N2 fixation; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; GLUTAMINE; METHYLAMMONIUM; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MESOPHILE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICE; THERMOPHILE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MASTIGOCLADUS; MASTIGOCLADUS SP.; NOSTOC;

EID: 34548275564     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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