RFLP analysis of the rRNA operon of a Brazilian collection of bradyrhizobial strains from 33 legume species

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 217-229

  Gomes Germano, Mariana ^a   Menna, Pâmela ^a   Mostasso, Fabio Luis ^a   Hungria, Mariangela ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRAZIL; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIA; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SUBSPECIES; TROPICS; TYPE STRAIN;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRAZIL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FABACEAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BURKHOLDERIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 31144441429     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02917-0     Document Type: Article

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