Classification of Austrian rhizobia and the Mexican isolate FL27 obtained from Phaseolus vulgaris L. as Rhizobium gallicum

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1097-1101

  Sessitsch, Angela ^a,b   Ramírez Saad, Hugo ^b,c   Hardarson, Gudni ^a   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^b   De Vos, Willem M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0343924224     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-1097     Document Type: Article

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