Rhizobium phylogenies and bacterial genetic diversity

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-140

  Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a   Caballero Mellado, Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diversity; Enterobacteria; Pathogens; Phylogenies; Rhizobium; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030049299     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689609701938     Document Type: Article

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