Higher diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae populations in arable soils than in grass soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2445-2450

  Palmer, K M ^a   Young, J P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PLASMIDS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0034121618     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2445-2450.2000     Document Type: Article

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