Nitrogen fixing bacterial diversity in a tropical estuarine sediments

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Thajudeen, Jabir ^a   Yousuf, Jesmi ^a,b   Veetil, Vipindas Puthiya ^a   Varghese, Sherin ^a   Singh, Arvind ^c   Abdulla, Mohamed Hatha ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Clone library; N2 fixing bacteria; NifH; PCR RFLP analysis; Tropical estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CLONE LIBRARY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; NIFH; PCR-RFLP; SOUTHEASTERN ARABIAN SEAS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85010661883     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: 15730972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-017-2205-x     Document Type: Article

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