Slow-growing and oligotrophic soil bacteria phylogenetically close to Bradyrhizobium japonicum

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-286

  Saito, Akihiro ^a,b   Mitsui, Hisayuki ^a   Hattori, Reiko ^a,c   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a   Hattori, Tsutomu ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agromonas oligotrophica; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Nitrogen fixation; Oligotroph; Slow growing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0032032181     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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