The freshwater cyanobacterium anabaena doliolum transformed with ApGSMT-DMT exhibited enhanced salt tolerance and protection to nitrogenase activity, but became halophilic

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 641-648

  Singh, Meenakshi ^a   Sharma, Naveen K ^b   Prasad, Shyam Babu ^a   Yadav, Suresh Singh ^a   Narayan, Gopeshwar ^a   Rai, Ashwani K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL TRIBAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANABAENA DOLIOLUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE;

CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84874766734     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.065078-0     Document Type: Article

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