Nitrogen fixation by Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its implications for a new ecological niche

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5959-5961

  Criminger, J D ^a   Hazen, T H ^b   Sobecky, P A ^b   Lovell, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHARACTERIZATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GENE ENCODING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTABILITY; NICHE BREADTH; RHIZOSPHERE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA;

NITROGENASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; NICHE BREADTH; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOSPHERE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ESTUARY; GRASS; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIZOSPHERE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 34648827417     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00981-07     Document Type: Article

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