Azospirillum formosense sp. nov., a diazotroph from agricultural soil

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1185-1190

  Lin, Shih Yao ^a   Shen, Fo Ting ^a   Young, Li Sen ^b   Zhu, Zhi Long ^a   Chen, Wen Ming ^c   Young, Chiu Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHOSPHOLIPID; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLDIMETHYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA 16S; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM FORMOSENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM ORYZAE; AZOSPIRILLUM RUGOSUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TAIWAN;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; QUINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM ORYZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84860728682     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.030585-0     Document Type: Article

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