Rhizobium mongolense sp. nov. is one of three rhizobial genotypes identified which nodulate and form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with Medicago ruthenica [(L.) Ledebour]

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-22

  Van Berkum, Peter ^a   Beyene, Desta ^a   Bao, Guiping ^b   Campbell, T Austin ^a   Eardly, Bertrand D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Grasslands Research Institute   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicago ruthenica; Rhizobium mongolense sp. nov.; Root nodule bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAIN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO RUTHENICA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PROKARYOTA; RABDOSIA; RHIZOBIUM MONGOLENSE; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031943928     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-1-13     Document Type: Article

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