Diversity of partial 16S rRNA sequences among and within strains of African rhizobia isolated from Acacia and Prosopis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 352-359

  Haukka, Kaisa ^a   Lindström, Kristina ^b   Young, J Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Acacia; Diversity; Prosopis; Rhizobium; Sequence microheterogeneity; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CHILENSIS; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI;

EID: 0029859084     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80062-2     Document Type: Article

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