Natural diversity of Frankia strains in actinorhizal root nodules from promiscuous hosts in the family Myricaceae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4521-4527

  Clawson, Michael L ^a   Benson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINORHIZAL PLANT; BACTERIUM; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FERN; FRANKIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMPTONIA PEREGRINA; FILICOPHYTA; FRANKIA; GALE; MORELLA; MORELLA PENSYLVANICA; MYRICA GALE; MYRICA PENNSYLVANICA; MYRICA PENSYLVANICA; MYRICACEAE; PEREGRINA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032832872     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4521-4527.1999     Document Type: Article

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