Molecular characterization of diazotrophic and denitrifying bacteria associated with mangrove roots

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7308-7321

  Flores Mireles, Ana L ^a,b   Winans, Stephen C ^b   Holguin, Gina ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMORPHISM;

DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; MANGROVE ROOTS; NONMETRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; ORGANIC MATTERS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; RHIZOSPHERE SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIA;

ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; WATER;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL TEXTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MANGROVE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NIFH GENE; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNIT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT ROOT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOSPHERE; SAND; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; TAXONOMY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 36649038040     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01892-06     Document Type: Article

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