Azospirillum III: Genetics · Physiology · Ecology Proceedings of the Third Bayreuth Azospirillum Workshop

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Construction of a Gene Bank of Azospirillum Brasilense....Pages 1-9
The NIFHDK Operon Of Azospirillum Brasilense Sp7....Pages 10-19
Problems and Prospects of Site-Directed Transposon Mutagenesis in Azospirillum....Pages 20-29
Cosmid Cloning of Nitrogenase Structural Genes of Azospirillum Lipoferum....Pages 30-40
Construction of a Genomic Library of Azospirillum Brasilense SP7 and Cloning of the Glutamine Synthetase Gene....Pages 41-51
Cloning of the Gene for the Restriction Enzyme AbrI from Azospirillum Brasilense ATCC 29711....Pages 52-62
Stability of Broad Host Range Plasmids in Azospirillum Cloning of A 5.9 KBP Plasmid from a. Brasilense RO7....Pages 63-73
Transfer and Random Integration of Tn5 in Azospirillum....Pages 74-84
Mutation in Azospirillum Brasilense....Pages 85-97
Production of Indol-3-Acetic Acid by Azospirillum Brasilense....Pages 98-108
Auxin Production by Azospirillum Brasilense Under Different Cultural Conditions....Pages 109-115
Comparison of Nitrogenase Regulation in A. Brasilense, A. Lipoferum, and A. Amazonense....Pages 116-126
Some Physiological and Biochemical Properties of Denitrification by Azospirillum Brasilense....Pages 127-138
An “In Vitro” Assay for Evaluating the Azospirillum Wheat Association....Pages 139-146
Secretion and Cleavage of Sucrose by Wheat: A System of Chemotactic Attraction and Nitrogenase Induction in Azospirillum Lipoferum....Pages 147-162
Field Inoculation of Rice Using in Vitro Selected Bacterial and Plant Genotypes....Pages 163-179
Evaluation of Nitrogen Fixation in Sorghum Cultivars Inoculated with Different Strains of Azospirillum spp.....Pages 180-188
Possible Contribution of Azospirillum spp. to the Nutritional Status of Wheat Plants Grown in Sandy Soils of Gassim-Saudi Arabia....Pages 189-202
Root Colonization and Plant Growth of Grasses and Cereals in Unsterile Soil and Nitrogenase (C 2 H 2 ) Activity of Sterile Cereal Seedlings After Inoculation with Azospirillum spp.....Pages 203-214
Response of Plant Roots to Inoculation with Azospirillum Brasilense and to Application of Indole Acetic Acid....Pages 215-221
Electron Microscopy of Young Wheat Roots Inoculated with Azospirillum....Pages 222-229
Cysts of Azospirilla Under Various Cultural Conditions....Pages 230-242
Pleomorphism in Azospirillum....Pages 243-262
Erratum....Pages 263-263