In situ lateral transfer of symbiosis islands results in rapid evolution of diverse competitive strains of mesorhizobia suboptimal in symbiotic nitrogen fixation on the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus L.

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2496-2511

  Nandasena, Kemanthi G ^a   O'Hara, Graham W ^a   Tiwari, Ravi P ^a   Sezmiş, Ertuǧ ^a   Howieson, John G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASTRAGALUS PELECINUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; PELECINUS; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 34548410392     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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