Methods to evaluate nodulation competitiveness between Sinorhizobium meliloti strains using melanin production as a marker

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-177

  Castro, Susana ^a,b   Carrera, Inés ^a,b   Martínez Drets, Gloria ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Competitiveness; Melanin; Nodulation; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

MARKER; MELANIN; NEOMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ALFALFA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELANINS; PLANT ROOTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034049007     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00151-2     Document Type: Article

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