Horizontal Transfer of Nodulation Genes in soils and Microcosms from Bradyrhizobium japonicum to B. elkanii

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 82-90

  Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a   Itakura, Manabu ^a   Suzuki, Masako ^b   Ichige, Kazunori ^b   Tsuyoshiisawa, ^a,b   Yuhashi, Ken Ichi ^a,b,c   Mitsui, Hisayuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Agricultural Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium elkanii; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; horizontal gene transfer; nodulation gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242681615     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2002.82     Document Type: Article

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