Isolation and characterization of alfalfa-nodulating rhizobia present in acidic soils of Central Argentina and Uruguay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1420-1427

  Del Papa, María F ^a   Balagué, Laura J ^a   Sowinski, Susana Castro ^b   Wegener, Caren ^c   Segundo, Eduardo ^d   Martínez Abarca, Francisco ^d   Toro, Nicolás ^d   Niehaus, Karsten ^c   Pühler, Alfred ^c   Aguilar, O Mario ^a   Martínez Drets, Gloria ^b   Lagares, Antonio ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALFALFA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 0032915766     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1420-1427.1999     Document Type: Article

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