Nitrogen-Fixing Nodules with Ensifer adhaerens Harboring Rhizobium tropici Symbiotic Plasmids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3264-3268

  Rogel, M Antonio ^a   Hernández Lucas, Ismael ^a   Kuykendall, L David ^b   Balkwill, David L ^c   Martinez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b Plant Science Institute   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; FABACEAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0035408284     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3264-3268.2001     Document Type: Article

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