Large genotypic variation but small variation in N2 fixation among rhizobia nodulating red clover in soils of northern Scandinavia

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1625-1635

  Duodu, S ^a   Carlsson, G ^b   Huss Danell, K ^b   Svenning, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic diversity; N2 fixation; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii; Seasonal changes; Subarctic; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

GENES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

15N ISOTOPE DILUTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; N ISOTOPES; N2 FIXATION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV.; SEASONAL CHANGES; SUBARCTIC; TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

SOILS;

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN 15; PLASMID DNA;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERB; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBARCTIC REGION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GREENHOUSE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED CLOVER; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SAMPLING; SCANDINAVIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 34250680018     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03196.x     Document Type: Article

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