Diversity of nodule-endophytic agrobacteria-like strains associated with different grain legumes in Tunisia

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 524-530

  Saïdi, Sabrine ^a   Mnasri, Bacem ^a   Mhamdi, Ridha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium Rhizobium; AtpD; PCR RFLP; Phaseolus vulgaris; Phylogeny; RecA; REP PCR; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ATPD GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKPEA; ENTEROBACTERIALES; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GRAIN; HOST RANGE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RECA GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHINELLA; TUNISIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VICIA FABA;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOPHYTES; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REC A RECOMBINASES; RIBOSOMES; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CICER ARIETINUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 80053963991     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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