Phylogenetic perspectives of nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Gtari, Maher ^a   Ghodhbane Gtari, Faten ^a   Nouioui, Imen ^a   Beauchemin, Nicholas ^b   Tisa, Louis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Diazotrophy; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGENASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM AUTOTROPHICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRANKIA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GORDONIBACTER PAMELAEAE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM FLAVUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN FIXATION D GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION H GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION K GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS; REVIEW; ROTHIA MUCILAGINOSA; SLACKIA EXIGUA; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACETYLENE; ACTINOBACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; FRANKIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGROMYCES; ARTHROBACTER SP.; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM FLAVESCENS; FRANKIA; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROMONOSPORA; ROTHIA MUCILAGINOSA; SLACKIA EXIGUA; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 84857042273     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0733-6     Document Type: Review

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