Distribution and genetic diversity of rhizobia nodulating natural populations of Medicago truncatula in tunisian soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 903-908

  Zribi, K ^a   Mhamdi, R ^a   Huguet, T ^b   Aouani, M E ^a  

^a Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Medicago truncatula; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism; Repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction; Sinorhizobium medicae; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

GENETIC DIVERSITY; POLYMORPHISM;

SOILS;

GENETIC VARIATION; NODULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

BULLA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 2442459925     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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