Instability of cryptic plasmids in strain Sinorhizobium meliloti P108 in the course of symbiosis with alfalfa Medicago sativa

Genetika

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 454-461

  Roumiantseva, M L ^a   Andronov, E E ^a   Sagulenko, V V ^a   Onishchuk, O P ^a   Provorov, N A ^a   Simarov, B V ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI P108; SYMBIOSIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLASMIDS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 16544366562     PISSN: 00166758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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