Mesorhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium temperatum sp.nov., isolated from Astragalus adsurgens growing in the northern regions of China

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2003-2012

  Gao, Jun Lian ^a,b,c   Turner, Sarah Lea ^c   Kan, Feng Ling ^a   Wang, En Tao ^a,d   Tan, Zhi Yuan ^e   Qiu, Yu Hui ^a   Gu, Jun ^a   Terefework, Zewdu ^b   Young, J Peter W ^c   Lindström, Kristina ^b   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^e SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HOST; MESORHIZHOBIUM SEPTENTRIONALE; MESORHIZHOBIUM TEMPERATUM; NEW SPECIES; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM SEPTENTRIONALE; MESORHIZOBIUM TEMPERATUM; MESORHIZOBIUM TIANSHANENSE;

EID: 20844437244     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02840-0     Document Type: Article

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