Characterization of symbiotic and endophytic bacteria isolated from root nodules of herbaceous legumes grown in Qinghai-Tibet plateau and in other zones of China

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-115

  Kan, Feng Ling ^a   Chen, Zhong Yi ^b   Wang, En Tao ^c   Tian, Chang Fu ^a   Sui, Xin Hua ^a   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Endophyte; Qinghai Tibet plateau; Rhizobia; Vicia

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHINA; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MESORHIZOBIUM; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STENOTROPHOMONAS; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FABACEAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TIBET;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; ONOBRYCHIS; OXYTROPIS; PHYLLOBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STENOTROPHOMONAS SP.; VICIA;

EID: 34547118550     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0211-3     Document Type: Article

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