Analysis of core genes supports the reclassification of strains Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 and Agrobacterium tumefaciens AKE10 into the species Rhizobium rhizogenes

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 247-251

  Velázquez, Encarna ^a   Palomo, José Luis ^b   Rivas, Raúl ^a   Guerra, Hilario ^a   Peix, Alvaro ^c   Trujillo, Martha E ^a   García Benavides, Pablo ^b   Mateos, Pedro F ^a   Wabiko, Hiroetsu ^d   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Regional Diagnostic Centre (CRD)   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; AKE10; K84; Rhizobium; Taxonomy; Tumours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER TISSUE; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRULENCE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; T-DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; REC A RECOMBINASES; RHIZOBIUM; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL, BACTERIAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77954386573     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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