Pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthesis gene pqqC, a novel molecular marker for studying the phylogeny and diversity of phosphate-solubilizing pseudomonads

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7345-7354

  Meyer, Joana Beatrice ^a   Frapolli, Michele ^b   Keel, Christoph ^c   Maurhofer, Monika ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; COFACTORS; FLUORESCENT PSEUDOMONADS; GLUCONIC ACIDS; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHOSPHATE AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS GENUS; PSEUDOMONAS STRAIN; PYOLUTEORIN; PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE; ROCK PHOSPHATE;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; SOILS; SOLUBILITY;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PQQC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

BIOMARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOSPHERE; WHEAT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PQQ COFACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRITICUM;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FORESTRY; GENES; GLUCOSE; SOIL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 82955239999     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05434-11     Document Type: Article

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