rRNA and dnaK relationships of Bradyrhizobium sp. nodule bacteria from four Papilionoid legume trees in Costa Rica

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 334-342

  Parker, Matthew A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium elkanii; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Lateral gene transfer; Leguminosae; Tropical biodiversity

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE; PROTEIN DNAK; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; COSTA RICA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LEGUME; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANDIRA INERMIS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; CLITORIA; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA RETUSA; DALBERGIEAE; ERYTHRINA; FABACEAE; LONCHOCARPUS; LONCHOCARPUS ATROPURPUREUS; MILLETTIEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PHASEOLEAE; PLATYMISCIUM; PLATYMISCIUM PINNATUM; PROKARYOTA; RETUSA;

EID: 2642587193     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00266     Document Type: Article

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