Variation in the active diazotrophic community in rice paddy-nifH PCR-DGGE analysis of rhizosphere and bulk soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-75

  Wartiainen, Ingvild ^a   Eriksson, Torsten ^b   Zheng, Weiwen ^c   Rasmussen, Ulla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Community analysis; DGGE; Diazotroph; Gene activity; nifH

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 38749151883     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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