Genetic relationships among rhizopine-producing Rhizobium strains

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1059-1066

  Wexler, M ^a,c   Gordon, D M ^b   Murphy, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE); Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP); Rhizobia; Rhizopine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029990480     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-5-1059     Document Type: Article

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