Rhizobium etli and Rhizobium gallicum nodulate common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in a traditionally managed milpa plot in Mexico: Population genetics and biogeographic implications

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 884-893

  Silva, Claudia ^a   Vinuesa, Pablo ^b   Eguiarte, Luis E ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^b   Souza, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

GENETIC STRUCTURE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BEAN; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEXICO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SOIL MICROFLORA;

MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM ETLI BV. PHASEOLI; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM BV. GALLICUM;

EID: 0037317558     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.884-893.2003     Document Type: Article

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