Symbiotic root nodule bacteria isolated from yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus)

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 181-191

  Fuentes, Jenet B ^a   Abe, Mikiko ^a   Uchiumi, Toshiki ^a   Suzuki, Akihiro ^a   Higashi, Shiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteroid; Determinate nodule; Infected cell (IC); Pachyrhizus erosus; Root nodule bacteria; Symbiosome; Tuber producing legume; Uninfected cell (UIC)

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEGUME; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; YAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DIOSCOREA ALATA; FABACEAE; PACHYRHIZUS; PACHYRHIZUS EROSUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0036446026     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.48.181     Document Type: Article

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