Sinorhizobium fredii and Sinorhizobium meliloti produce structurally conserved lipopolysaccharides and strain-specific K antigens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4930-4938

  Reuhs, Bradley L ^a   Geller, Daniel P ^a   Kim, John S ^a   Fox, Jennifer E ^a   Kumar Kolli, V S ^a   Pueppke, Steven G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTURONIC ACID; HEXOSE; O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031765998     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4930-4938.1998     Document Type: Article

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