Sinorhizobium americanus sp. nov., a New Sinorhizobium species nodulating native Acacia spp. in Mexico

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-64

  Toledo, Ivonne ^a   Lloret, Lourdes ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acacia; Genetic diversity; NolR; Novel species; Rhizobium; Sinorhizobium; Sym plasmid; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEXICO; NEW SPECIES; NIFH GENE; NODULATION; NOLR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM AMERICANUS; TAXONOMY;

ACACIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM AMERICANUS; SYM PLASMID;

EID: 0037367045     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337317     Document Type: Article

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