Diversity and relationships of bradyrhizobia from legumes native to eastern North America

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1148-1157

  Parker, Matthew A ^a   Kennedy, David A ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobiaceae; Lateral gene transfer; Phylogenetic congruence; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIA; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; LATERAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENETIC CONGRUENCE; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

BACTERIA; DNA; ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER; RNA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALPHA KETOGLUTARIC ACID DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; NITROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; LEGUME; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 34247364108     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-076     Document Type: Article

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