Characterisation of symbiotically efficient alfalfa-nodulating rhizobia isolated from acid soils of Argentina and Uruguay

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Segundo, E ^a   Martinez Abarca, F ^a   Van Dillewijn, P ^a   Fernandez Lopez M ^a   Lagares, A ^b   Martinez Drets, G ^c   Niehaus, K ^d   Puhler A ^d   Toro, N ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^c Inst Invest Bioquimicas C   (Uruguay)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Fingerprinting; Insertion sequence; pH; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACID SOIL; ALFALFA; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ALFALFA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NODULATION; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; URUGUAY;

ARGENTINA; URUGUAY;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0033006205     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00102-0     Document Type: Article

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