Genetic diversity of rhizobia from Leucaena leucocephala nodules in Mexican soils

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 711-724

  Wang, En Tao ^a   Martinez Romero, Julio ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

16S rDNA fingerprinting; Diversity; L. leucocephala; MLEE; Plasmid patterns; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MEXICO; NODULATION; PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOSPHERE; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SOIL;

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MESORHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0345438529     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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