Enhancement of Nitrogen-fixing Activity of Enterobacteriaceae Strains Isolated from Sago Palm (Metroxylon sagu) by Microbial Interaction with Non-nitrogen Fixers

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-70

  Shrestha, Archana ^a   Toyota, Koki ^a   Okazaki, Masanori ^a   Suga, Yuko ^b   Quevedo, Marcelo A ^c   Loreto, Alan B ^c   Mariscal, Algerico A ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

hemicellulose degradation; nifH; PCR DGGE; pectin degradation; starch degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864981142     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.59     Document Type: Article

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