Low genetic diversity among Frankia spp. strains nodulating sympatric populations of actinorhizal species of Rosaceae, Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae) and Datisca glomerata (Datiscaceae) west of the Sierra Nevada (California)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 989-1000

  Vanden Heuvel, Brian D ^a   Benson, David R ^c   Bortiri, Esteban ^b,d   Potter, Daniel ^b  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal Rosaceae; Ceanothus; Datisca; Frankia; Strain diversity

Indexed keywords

ACTINORHIZAL PLANTS; ENVIRONMENT SELECTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; ROOT NODULES;

DNA; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY;

DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; CEANOTHUS; DATISCA GLOMERATA; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANKIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEAE; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERMS; CALIFORNIA; CEANOTHUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRANKIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROSACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17044381687     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-079     Document Type: Article

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