Symbiotic nitrogen contribution and biodiversity of root-nodule bacteria nodulating Psoralea species in the Cape Fynbos, South Africa

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-76

  Kanu, Sheku A ^a   Dakora, Felix D ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial strains; Gene sequencing; N 2 Fixing efficacy; Nodulation promiscuity; Nutrient poor soils; Species adaptation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; GENE SEQUENCING; NODULATION; NUTRIENT-POOR SOILS; SPECIES ADAPTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; FYNBOS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSLOCATION; XYLEM;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ACULEATA; APHYLLA; ASARINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; FABACEAE; MESORHIZOBIUM; MONOPHYLLA; PHASEOLEAE; PSORALEA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84862643702     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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