Population genetic structure of Sinorhizobium meliloti and S. medicae isolated from nodules of Medicago spp. in Mexico

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-489

  Silva, Claudia ^a   Kan, Feng Ling ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Genetic structure; Medicago; Migration; Recombination; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RECOMBINATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEDICAGO; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 34249018546     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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