Symbiotic characteristics and selection of autochthonous strains of Sinorhizobium meliloti populations in different soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1039-1047

  Velázquez, Encarna ^a   Mateos, Pedro F ^a   Velasco, Nieves ^a   Santos, Fernando ^b   Burgos, Pedro A ^c   Villadas, Pablo ^c   Toro, Nicolás ^c   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Ecologia Edafol Parasitol Y Q   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLASMID; SYMBIOSIS;

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SYMBIOSIS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0345085523     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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