Characterization of root-nodulating bacteria on Retama raetam in arid Tunisian soils

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Mahdhi, Mosbah ^a   Nzoue, Angèle ^b   de Lajudie, Philippe ^b   Mars, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Retama raetam; Rhizobia; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; RETAMUM RAETAM; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES; SEQUENCING ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM; TUNISIA;

BACTERIA;

EID: 40149088988     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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