Discordant phylogenies within the rrn loci of Rhizobia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2988-2998

  Van Berkum, Peter ^a   Terefework, Zewdu ^b   Paulin, Lars ^c   Suomalainen, Sini ^c   Lindström, Kristina ^b   Eardly, Bertrand D ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM; TAXONOMY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AGROBACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0038222576     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.2988-2998.2003     Document Type: Article

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