Multicopy vectors carrying the Klebsiella pneumoniae nifA gene do not enhance the nodulation competitiveness of Sinorhizobium meliloti on alfalfa

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 839-842

  Van Dillewijn, Pieter ^a   Martínez Abarca, Francisco ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; NODULATION; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; STREPTOMYCIN;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 2642712485     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.8.839     Document Type: Article

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