The symbiotic phenotypes of exopolysaccharide-defective mutants of Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 do not differ on determinate- and indeterminate-nodulating tree legumes

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1959-1967

  Parveen, Nikhat ^a,b   Webb, David T ^a   Borthakur, Dulal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

exo genes; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LEGUME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 0030839966     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-1959     Document Type: Article

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