Ensifer mexicanus sp. nov. a new species nodulating Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze in Mexico

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-290

  Lloret, Lourdes ^a   Ormeño Orrillo, Ernesto ^a   Rincón, Reiner ^b   Martínez Romero, Julio ^a   Rogel Hernández, Marco Antonio ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla Gutiérrez   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acacia angustissima; Ensifer, sp. nov; Legume symbiont; Nitrogen fixation; Phylogeny; Sinorhizobium; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENSIFER MEXICANUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEXICO; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIONT;

ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ENSIFER; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM TERANGAE;

EID: 34248582510     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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