Genetic diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia that nodulate Acacia spp. in Morocco assessed by analysis of rRNA genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4912-4917

  Khbaya, Bouchaib ^a   Neyra, Marc ^b   Normand, Philippe ^c   Zerhari, Karim ^a   Filali Maltouf, Abdelkarim ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACACIA; ACACIA CYANOPHYLLA; ACACIA GUMMIFERA; ACACIA HORRIDA; ACACIA RADDIANA; ACACIA SALIGNA; AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031767746     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4912-4917.1998     Document Type: Article

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