The taxonomic value of bacterial symbiont identification in African Psychotria (Rubiaceae)

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 557-563

  Van Oevelen, Sandra ^a   Prinsen, Els ^a   De Wachter, Rupert ^a   Robbrecht, Elmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Coevolution; Endosymbiosis; Psychotria kirkii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA GLATHEI; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA KIRKII; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0035784723     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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