Serological properties and intrinsic antibiotic resistance of soybean bradyrhizobia isolated from Thailand

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 505-515

  Yokoyama, Tadashi ^a,b   Ando, Shotaro ^c   Tsuchiya, Kenichi ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; ELISA; Ibradyrhizobium elkanii; Intrinsic antibiotic resistance; Serogroup

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0032994162     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10409366     Document Type: Article

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