First genomic analysis of the broad-host-range Rhizobium sp. LPU83 strain, a member of the low-genetic diversity Oregon-like Rhizobium sp. group

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Torres Tejerizo, Gonzalo ^a   Del Papa, María Florencia ^a   Draghi, Walter ^a   Lozano, Mauricio ^a   Giusti, María de los Ángeles ^a   Martini, Carla ^a   Salas, María Eugenia ^a   Salto, Ileana ^a   Wibberg, Daniel ^b   Szczepanowski, Rafael ^b   Weidner, Stefan ^b   Schlüter, Andreas ^b   Lagares, Antonio ^a   Pistorio, Mariano ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid tolerant; Alfalfa; Broad host range; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

ACID-TOLERANT; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ALFALFA; ANIMAL FEEDING; ARGENTINA; BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATIONS; BROAD-HOST-RANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENSIFER; FORAGE LEGUMES; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; GENETIC INFORMATION; GENOME SEQUENCE DATA; GENOMIC ANALYSIS; GENOMIC SEQUENCE; GENOMIC STRUCTURE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MEDICAGO; NODULATION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PROTEOMICS; RHIZOBIA; RHIZOBIUM SP; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SINORHIZOBIUM; SOIL PH; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

CULTIVATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOILS; TITANIUM;

GENES;

ALFALFA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM SP.; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 79961208190     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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