The Genetic Diversity of Culturable Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in the Rhizosphere of Wheat

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-285

  Venieraki, Anastasia ^a   Dimou, Maria ^a   Pergalis, Panagiotis ^a   Kefalogianni, Io ^a   Chatzipavlidis, Iordanis ^a   Katinakis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREECE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RHIZOSPHERE; WHEAT;

AZOSPIRILLUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GREECE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRITICUM;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79951512348     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9747-x     Document Type: Article

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