A 150 megadalton plasmid in Rhizobium etli strain TAL182 contains genes for nodulation competitiveness on phaseolus vulgaris L.

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 903-910

  Borthakur, Dulal ^a   Gao, Xuefeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Common bean; Competition; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 0029856569     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-116     Document Type: Article

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