Insights into the history of the legume-betaproteobacterial symbiosis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-30

  Angus, Annette A ^a   Hirsch, Ann M ^a,b  

^a Cell and Developmental Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Microbial Evolution; Molecular Evolution; Species Interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIMOSA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

BURKHOLDERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MIMOSA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 72849134289     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04459.x     Document Type: Review

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