Genetic diversity among Frankia strains nodulating members of the family Casuarinaceae in Australia revealed by PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with crushed root nodules

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 979-985

  Rouvier, Carole ^a   Prin, Yves ^b   Reddell, Paul ^c   Normand, Philippe ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODIVERSITY; FRANKIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLOCASUARINA SPP.; CASUARINA SPP.;

EID: 0030043863     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.979-985.1996     Document Type: Article

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