Phylogenetically diverse groups of Bradyrhizobium isolated from nodules of Crotalaria spp., Indigofera spp., Erythrina brucei and Glycine max growing in Ethiopia

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 595-609

  Aserse, Aregu Amsalu ^a,b   Räsänen, Leena A ^a,d   Aseffa, Fassil ^b   Hailemariam, Asfaw ^c   Lindström, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^d STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Bradyrhizobium; Ethiopia; MLSA; NodA clade III.3

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CROTALARIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHRINA; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INDIGOFERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CROTALARIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHRINA; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIGOFERA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOYBEANS; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM YUANMINGENSE; CROTALARIA; ERYTHRINA BRUCEI; GLYCINE MAX; INDIGOFERA;

EID: 84866149850     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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