Associations among rhizobial chromosomal background, nod genes, and host plants based on the analysis of symbiosis of indigenous rhizobia and wild legumes native to Xinjiang

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-323

  Han, Tian Xu ^a   Tian, Chang Fu ^a   Wang, En Tao ^b   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHIZOBIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; NODC PROTEIN, RHIZOBIALES; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LEGUME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77950568139     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9577-x     Document Type: Article

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