Decreased symbiotic effectiveness of Rhizobium leguminosarum strains carrying plasmid RP4

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-283

  O'Connell, Michael ^a   Noel, Tanya C ^b   Yeung, Edward C ^b   Hynes, Miriam ^a   Hynes, Michael F ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixing symbiosis; Plasmid RP4; Rhizobium leguminosarum

Indexed keywords

DNA; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HOST; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEAS; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LENS CULINARIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0032522936     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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