Symbiosis between the root-nodule bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) under salinization conditions

Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Ibragimova, M V ^a   Rumyantseva, M L ^a   Onishchuk, O P ^a   Belova, V S ^a   Kurchak, O N ^a   Andronov, E E ^a   Dzyubenko, N I ^b   Simarov, B V ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b N I VAVILOV ALL RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cryptic plasmids; Medicago sativa; Natural isolates; Sinorhizobium meliloti; Symbiosis efficiency; Symbiosis under salinization conditions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA SUBSP. FALCATA; MELILOTUS; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 33644973992     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261706010140     Document Type: Article

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