Discrimination of Rhizobium tropici and R. leguminosarum strains by PCR-specific amplification of 16S-23S rDNA spacer region fragments and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-141

  De Oliveira, V M ^a   Coutinho, H L C ^b   Sobral, B W S ^c   Guimaraes C T ^c,e   Van Elsas, J D ^d   Manfio, G P ^a  

^a Fundacao Andre Tosello Pesquisa e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENOME RESOURCES   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PCR PRIMERS; PRIMERS SPECIFICITIES; REFERENCE STRAINS; RHIZOBIUM SPECIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TARGET STRAIN; WHOLE CELL;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 0033032343     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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