Phylogeny and taxonomy of a diverse collection of Bradyrhizobium strains based on multilocus sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, ITS region and glnII, recA, atpD and dnaK genes

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2934-2950

  Menna, Pâmela ^a,b,c   Barcellos, Fernando Gomes ^a,c   Hungria, Mariangela ^a,b,c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PROTEIN ATPD; PROTEIN DNAK; PROTEIN GLNII; RECA PROTEIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM BETAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM CANARIENSE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JICAMAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM LIAONINGENSE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM PACHYRHIZI; BRADYRHIZOBIUM YUANMINGENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LEGUME; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; TAXONOMY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM BETAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM CANARIENSE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; BRADYRHIZOBIUM LIAONINGENSE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM YUANMINGENSE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 72149126871     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.009779-0     Document Type: Article

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