rRNA and nifD phylogeny of Bradyrhizobium from sites across the Pacific Basin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Qian, Jinghui ^a   Kwon, Soon Wo ^b   Parker, Matthew A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium elkanii; Geographic variation; Nitrogenase; Phylogenetic tree incongruence

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; KOREA; LEGUME; MEXICO; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0345701207     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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