Correlation between nitrogen fixation rate and alginate productivity of an indigenous Azotobacter vinelandii from Iran

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Owlia, Parviz ^a   Nosrati, R ^a   Saderi, H ^a   Olamaee, M ^b   Rasooli, I ^a   Akhavian Tehrani, A ^c  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Gorgan University   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azotobacter vinelandii; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PRIMER DNA;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRAN; NATIVE SPECIES; NIFH G1 BACTERIAL GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870361342     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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