Monophyly of nodA and nifH genes across Texan and Costa Rican populations of Cupriavidus nodule symbionts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4686-4690

  Andam, Cheryl P ^a   Mondo, Stephen J ^a   Parker, Matthew A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTA RICA; CUPRIAVIDUS NODULE; NEOTROPICAL BURKHOLDERIA; NIFH PHYLOGENIES;

BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; STRAIN;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; GENE; LEGUME; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA; CLADISTICS; COSTA RICA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MONOPHYLY; NEOTROPICS; NIFH GENE; NODA GENE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIONT; UNITED STATES;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; CUPRIAVIDUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MIMOSA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TEXAS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA; CUPRIAVIDUS;

EID: 34547149518     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00160-07     Document Type: Article

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