Four unnamed species of nonsymbiotic rhizobia isolated from the rhizosphere of Lotus corniculatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2818-2825

  Sullivan, John T ^a   Hardly, Bertrand D ^b   Van Berkum, Peter ^c   Ronson, Clive W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS;

EID: 0029742228     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2818-2825.1996     Document Type: Article

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