Unexpectedly diverse Mesorhizobium strains and Rhizobium leguminosarum nodulate native legume genera of New Zealand, while introduced legume weeds are nodulated by Bradyrhizobium species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5980-5987

  Weir, Bevan S ^a,b   Turner, Susan J ^b   Silvester, Warwick B ^c   Park, Duck Chul ^a   Young, John M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE SEQUENCES; INVASIVE WEEDS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DNA 16S; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

LEGUME; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS; WEED;

ACACIA; ALBIZZIA; ARTICLE; ATPD GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARMICHAELIA; CLIANTHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; GENE; GLNII GENE; LEGUME; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MESORHIZOBIUM; MONTIGENA; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RECA GENE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOPHORA; SYMBIOSIS; ULEX EUROPAEUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WEED;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ACACIA; ALBIZIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARMICHAELIA; CLIANTHUS; CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MONTIGENA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOPHORA; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 8144229491     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.5980-5987.2004     Document Type: Article

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