Phenotypical and genotypical characteristics of root-nodulating bacteria isolated from annual Medicago spp. in Soummam Valley (Algeria)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-241

  Sebbane, N ^a   Sahnoune, M ^a   Zakhia, F ^b   Willems, A ^c   Benallaoua, S ^a   De Lajudie, P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Diversity; Medicago; Rhizobia; Rhizobium galegae

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGERIA; DIVERSITY; FORAGE YIELD; GALEGAE; MEDICAGO; ORBICULARIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; SDS-PAGE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA;

DNA 16S;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; FORAGE; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MEDICAGO; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; SHEEP; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO ARABICA; MEDICAGO MINIMA; MEDICAGO ORBICULARIS; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33645214409     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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