Essential metals for nitrogen fixation in a free-living N2-fixing bacterium: Chelation, homeostasis and high use efficiency

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1395-1411

  Bellenger, J P ^a,b   Wichard, T ^a,c   Xu, Y ^a   Kraepiel, A M L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CHELATING AGENTS; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VANADIUM;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79957989487     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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