Recent advances in nitrogen-fixing acetic acid bacteria

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Pedraza, Raúl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

A. nitrogenifigens; Acetobacter peroxidans; Acetobacteraceae; G. azotocaptans; G. johannae; Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus; Nitrogen fixation; Swaminathania salitolerans

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHYTOHORMONE;

ACETIC ACID BACTERIA; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; BURKHOLDERIA; ENDOPHYTE; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; HERBASPIRILLUM; HEREDITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MICROPROPAGATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SUGARCANE;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTERACEAE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GLUCONACETOBACTER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER PEROXYDANS; ACETOBACTERACEAE; ACIDOMONAS; ASAIA; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER AZOTOCAPTANS; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; GLUCONACETOBACTER JOHANNAE; GLUCONOBACTER; HERBASPIRILLUM; KOZAKIA; NEOASAIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SACCHARIBACTER; SWAMINATHANIA; SWAMINATHANIA SALITOLERANS; ZIZANIA;

EID: 44749088409     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.11.079     Document Type: Article

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