Phylogenetic analysis of 23S rRNA gene sequences of Agrobacterium, Rhizobium and Sinorhizobium strains

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 238-244

  Pulawska, Joanna ^a   Maes, Martine ^b   Willems, Anne ^c   Sobiczewski, Piotr ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

^b WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

23S rRNA gene; Agrobacterium; Phylogeny; Rhizobim; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; VITIS;

EID: 0033948310     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80010-7     Document Type: Article

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