ISRm10: A new insertion sequence of Sinorhizobium meliloti: nucleotide sequence and geographic distribution

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 171-176

  Biondi, E G ^a   Fancelli, S ^a   Bazzicalupo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence element; ISRm10; pSym symbiotic megaplasmid; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0032703005     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00534-0     Document Type: Article

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