Proposal that Agrobacterium radiobacter has priority over Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Request for an Opinion

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 491-493

  Young, J M ^a   Pennycook, S R ^a   Watson, D R W ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STANDARDIZATION;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TERMINOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33244458867     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64030-0     Document Type: Article

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