Genetic diversity among Elaeagnus compatible Frankia strains and sympatric-related nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria revealed by nifH sequence analysis

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 372-377

  Gtari, Maher ^a   Brusetti, Lorenzo ^b   Hassen, Abdenaceur ^c   Mora, Diego ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Frankia; NifH; Nitrogen fixing actinobacteria; Phylogeny; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORESTRY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARDWOODS; RNA; SOILS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; FRANKIA; MICROMONOSPORA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BACTERIA;

ANGIOSPERM; BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMPATRY;

BACTERIA; ELAEAGNUS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TREES; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ELAEAGNACEAE; ELAEAGNUS; FRANKIA; MICROMONOSPORA; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 33750962745     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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