Population genomics of Sinorhizobium medicae based on low-coverage sequencing of sympatric isolates

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1722-1734

  Bailly, Xavier ^a,b   Giuntini, Elisa ^a   Sexton, M Connor ^a   Lower, Ryan P J ^a   Harrison, Peter W ^a   Kumar, Nitin ^a   Young, J Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b EPIA   (France)

Author keywords

genome evolution; horizontal gene pool; population genomics; population structure; Sinorhizobium medicae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOMICS; HERB; HOMOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRON; MOBILITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOMBINATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SELECTION; SYMBIOSIS; SYMPATRY; TOXIN; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MEDICAGO; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO; METAGENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE;

EID: 80054765048     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.55     Document Type: Article

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