Characterization of rhizobia that nodulate legume species of the genus Lespedeza and description of Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2219-2230

  Yao, Zhu Yun ^a   Kan, Feng Ling ^a   Wang, En Tao ^b   Wei, Ge Hong ^a,c   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c Northwest Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Diversity; Lespedeza; Phylogeny; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CELL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ALFALFA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEGUME; LESPEDEZA; NEW SPECIES; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI; SOIL; SOYBEAN; TAXONOMY; TYPE STRAIN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LESPEDEZA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; BRADYRHIZOBIUM YUANMINGENSE; GLYCINE MAX; LESPEDEZA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS ALBA; MESORHIZOBIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI;

EID: 0036865629     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.01408-0     Document Type: Review

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