Molecular detection of nifH gene-containing Paenibacillus in the rhizosphere of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) sown in Cerrado soil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 611-617

  Coelho, M R R ^a   Carneiro, N P ^b   Marriel, I E ^b   Seldin, Lucy ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

nifH; Paenibacillus; PCR; Primers; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DNA; GENES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PUMPS; SOILS;

NIFH; PAENIBACILLUS; PCR; PRIMERS; SORGHUM;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

BACTERIUM; CERRADO; DNA; FERTILIZER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SORGHUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAND BIOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIFH GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SCRUB; SORGHUM;

PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS DURUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 64849088703     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02578.x     Document Type: Article

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