Symbiotic properties and first analyses of the genomic sequence of the fast growing model strain Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 nodulating soybean

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Margaret, Isabel ^a   Becker, Anke ^b   Blom, Jochen ^c   Bonilla, Ildefonso ^d   Goesmann, Alexander ^c   Göttfert, Michael ^e   Lloret, Javier ^d   Mittard Runte, Virginie ^c   Rückert, Christian ^c   Ruiz Sainz, José E ^a   Vinardell, José María ^a   Weidner, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome sequence; Sinorhizobium fredii HH103; Soybean nodulation

Indexed keywords

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GENOME SEQUENCES; GENOMIC SEQUENCE; GENOMIC SEQUENCING; GLYCINE MAX (SOYBEAN); HUBEI PROVINCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITROGEN FIXATION GENES; NODULATION; RHIZOBIAL STRAINS; RHIZOBIUM SP; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYNTENY;

AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRAIN;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHINA; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SOYBEAN; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SOYBEANS; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM SP.; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 79961209876     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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