Multilocus sequence analysis for assessment of the biogeography and evolutionary genetics of four Bradyrhizobium species that nodulate soybeans on the asiatic continent

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6987-6996

  Vinuesa, Pablo ^a   Rojas Jiménez, Keilor ^b,c   Contreras Moreira, Bruno ^d   Mahna, Suresh K ^b,e   Prasad, Braj Nandan ^b,f   Moe, Hla ^b,g   Selvaraju, Suresh Babu ^b,h   Thierfelder, Heidemarie ^b   Werner, Dietrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g University of Mandalay   (Myanmar)

^h CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA POLYMORPHISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; GLYCINE MAX (SOYBEAN); MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; MONOPHYLY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE ANALYSES; MULTIPLE STRAINS; MYANMARS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURES; REFERENCE STRAINS; SOIL SAMPLES; SUPER MATRIXES; VIET NAM;

CLONING; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DNA; GENES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMORPHISM;

STRAIN;

DNA; RNA 16S;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SOYBEAN; VIET NAM;

ASIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEANS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MYANMAR; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM LIAONINGENSE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM YUANMINGENSE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 55949127176     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00875-08     Document Type: Article

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