Diversity of free-living nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere of pioneer plants growing on wastelands of copper mine tailings

Microbiological Research

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Zhan, Jing ^a   Sun, Qingye ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper mine tailings; NifH gene; PCR DGGE; Pioneer plants; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

COPPER MINE TAILINGS; GENE FRAGMENTS; GENE SEQUENCES; GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NESTED PCR; NUCLEOTIDE ACID; PCR-DGGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIONEER PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOSPHERE;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COPPER MINES; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEAVY METALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; TAILINGS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

COLONIZATION; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAILINGS; WASTELAND;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MINING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 84856608981     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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