NAD-malic enzyme affects nitrogen fixing activity of Bradyrhizobium Japonicum USDA 110 bacteroids in soybean nodules

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Van Dao, Tan ^a,b   Nomura, Mika ^b   Hamaguchi, Rie ^b   Kato, Kensuke ^b   Itakura, Manabu ^c   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^c   Sinsuwongwat, Suphawat ^d   Le, Hoa Thi Phuong ^e   Kaneko, Takakazu ^f   Tabata, Satoshi ^f   Tajima, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e HANOI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Viet Nam)

^f KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; NAD malic enzyme; Soybean nodules; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; GLYCINE MAX; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 57149121759     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.215     Document Type: Article

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