Roses by other names: Taxonomy of the Rhizobiaceae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2975-2979

  Broughton, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; ALLORHIZOBIUM UNDICOLA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES; RHIZOBIUM RUBI; RHIZOBIUM UNDICOLA; RHIZOBIUM VITIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI; TAXONOMY;

DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE CONVERSION; NAMES; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; TERMINOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM UNDICOLA; ROSA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI; VITIS;

EID: 0038643404     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.2975-2979.2003     Document Type: Review

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