Frankia nodulating Alnus glutinosa and Casuarinaceae in Tunisia

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-153

  Gtari, M ^a,b   Brusetti, L ^b   Aouani, M E ^c   Daffonchio, D ^b   Boudabous, A ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

16S 23S rDNA ITS; Alnus; Casuarinaceae; Diversity; Frankia; nifD K; Nodulation; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040078138     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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