Characterisation of rhizobia from African acacias and other tropical woody legumes using Biolog(TM) and partial 16S rRNA sequencing

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-117

  McInroy, Shona G ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^b   Haukka, Kaisa E ^c,e   Odee, David W ^d   Sprent, Janet I ^a   Wang, Wen Jun ^a,f   Young, J Peter W ^c   Sutherland, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

African acacia; Biolog; Characterisation; Diversity; Legume; Tropical rhizobium

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RNA FINGERPRINTING; RNA SEQUENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ACACIA; AFRICA; CARBON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FABACEAE; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

ACACIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032942618     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00530-8     Document Type: Article

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