Biodiversity of rhizobia isolated from a wide range of forest legumes in Brazil

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 889-895

  Moreira, F M S ^a,c,d   Haukka, K ^a,b   Young, J P W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^d University of Lavras

^e Department of Molecular Ecology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Diversity; Molecular microbial ecology; Rhizobium; Tropical tree legumes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; RHIZOBIA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; TAXONOMY;

AZORHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; MESORHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032126875     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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