Comparative analysis of the genetic structure of a Rhizobium meliloti field population before and after environmental release of the highly competitive R. meliloti strain GR4

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-45

  Villadas, Pablo J ^a   Burgos, Pedro ^a   Jording, Doris ^b   Selbitschka, Werner ^b   Pühler, Alfred ^b   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deliberate release; ERIC fingerprinting; IS fingerprinting; Persistence; Polymerase chain reaction; Population genetics; Rhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPAIN;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030248927     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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