Characterization of two novel biovar of Agrobacterium tumefaciens isolated from root nodules of Vicia faba

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 328-333

  Tiwary, Bhupendra N ^a,b   Prasad, Birendra ^a   Ghosh, Anuradha ^c   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Jain, Rakesh K ^c  

^a PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Biovar; Diversity; Root nodule; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA 16S; HYDROLASE; LACTOSE; LYSINE DIHYDROLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VICIA FABA;

BASE COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VICIA FABA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RHIZOBIUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 34648814375     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-0182-2     Document Type: Article

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