Identification of fast-growing rhizobia nodulating tropical legumes from Puerto Rico as Rhizobium gallicum and Rhizobium tropici

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-477

  Zurdo Piñeiro, José Luis ^a   Velázquez, Encarna ^a   Lorite, María José ^b   Brelles Mariño, Graciela ^c   Schröder, Eduardo C ^d   Bedmar, Eulogio J ^b   Mateos, Pedro F ^a   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Leguminosae; Polyphasic taxonomy; Rhizobium; Rhizobium gallicum; Rhizobium tropici; Tropical legumes

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CALIANDRA; LEGUME; MIMOSA; NEPTUNIA; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIPTADENIA; POITEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; RNA SEQUENCE; SESBANIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALIANDRA; FABACEAE; MIMOSA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEPTUNIA; PIPTADENIA; POITEA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SESBANIA;

EID: 4043101777     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723202041438437     Document Type: Article

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