Diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia

New Phytologist

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-94

  Young, J Peter W ^a   Haukka, Kaisa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial phylogeny; Bacterial taxonomy; Rhizobium; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003109559     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04344.x     Document Type: Article

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