Identification of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium species based on cellular fatty acid composition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-158

  Jarvis, B D W ^a   Sivakumaran, S ^a   Tighe, S W ^b   Gillis, M ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Analytical Services Inc   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; FAME; fatty acid analysis; rapid identification; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0030464477     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029284     Document Type: Article

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