Distribution of repC plasmid-replication sequences among plasmids and isolates of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae from field populations

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 771-780

  Rigottier Gois, Lionel ^a   Turner, Sarah L ^b   Young, J Peter W ^b   Amarger, Noëlle ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Natural populations; Plasmids; repC; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 0031883516     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-771     Document Type: Article

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