Rhizobial 16S rRNA and dnaK genes: Mosaicism and the uncertain phylogenetic placement of Rhizobium galegae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1328-1335

  Hardly, B D ^a   Nour, S M ^d   Van Berkum, P ^c   Selander, R K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

GALEGAE; PHYLOGENETICS; RHIZOBIALES;

RNA;

PROTEIN DNAK; RNA 16S;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUCELLA OVIS; CHIMERA; DNAK GENE; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAICISM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; OVIS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; VITIS;

EID: 15444377835     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1328-1335.2005     Document Type: Article

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