Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity among closely related soil-borne N2- and N2O-producing Bacillus isolates harboring the nosZ gene

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-552

  Jones, Christopher M ^a   Welsh, Allana ^a   Throbäck, Ingela N ^a   Dörsch, Peter ^b   Bakken, Lars R ^b   Hallin, Sara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Gram positive bacteria; Nitrous oxide; NosZ; PH

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; NITROUS OXIDE; PH; PHENOTYPE; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING; SOIL;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACILLUS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79955670160     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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