Genetic diversity of an Italian Rhizobium meliloti population from different Medicago sativa varieties

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2279-2285

  Paffetti, D ^a   Scotti, C ^b   Gnocchi, S ^b   Fancelli, S ^a   Bazzicalupo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029999644     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2279-2285.1996     Document Type: Article

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