Salt-tolerant rhizobia isolated from a Tunisian oasis that are highly effective for symbiotic N2-fixation with Phaseolus vulgaris constitute a novel biovar (bv. mediterranense) of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-85

  Mnasri, Bacem ^a   Mrabet, Moncef ^a   Laguerre, Gisèle ^b   Aouani, Mohamed Elarbi ^a   Mhamdi, Ridha ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biovar mediterranense; Genetic diversity; Medicago; Phaseolus vulgaris; Rhizobia; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARREL MEDIC; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODC GENE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM; SALT TOLERANCE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TUNISIA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHASEOLUS; RHIZOBIUM; SALTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TUNISIA;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33845902545     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0173-x     Document Type: Article

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