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Molecular analysis of diazotroph diversity in the rhizosphere of the smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2000
Lovell C R, Piceno Y M, Quattro J M, Bagwell C E
Abstract excerpt
N(2) fixation by diazotrophic bacteria associated with the roots of the smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, is an important source of new nitrogen in many salt marsh ecosystems. However, the diversity and phylogenetic affiliations of these rhizosphere diazotrophs are unknown. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of PCR-amplified nifH sequence segments was used in previous studies to examine the...
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