Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-382

  De Lajudie, Philippe ^a,b   Willems, Anne ^b,c   Nick, Giselle ^d   Moreira, Fatima ^e   Molouba, Flore ^a   Hoste, Bart ^b   Torck, Urbain ^b   Neyra, Marc ^a   Collins, Matthew D ^c   Lindström, Kristina ^d   Dreyfus, Bernard ^a,f   Gillis, Monique ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Departamento de Zootecnia   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Acacia; Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov.; Polyphasic taxonomy; Tropical tree rhizobia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SENEGAL; TAXONOMY;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; ACACIA TORTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAMAECRISTA; LEUCAENA; MESORHIZOBIUM PLURIFARIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM TERANGAE;

EID: 0031777470     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-369     Document Type: Article

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