nifH pyrosequencing reveals the potential for location-specific soil chemistry to influence N2-fixing community dynamics

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3211-3223

  Collavino, Mónica M ^a,b   Tripp, H James ^c   Frank, Ildiko E ^c   Vidoz, María L ^a   Calderoli, Priscila A ^b   Donato, Mariano ^d   Zehr, Jonathan P ^c   Aguilar, O Mario ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84907865065     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12423     Document Type: Article

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