Microvirga lupini sp. nov., Microvirga lotononidis sp. nov. and Microvirga zambiensis sp. nov. are alphaproteobacterial root-nodule bacteria that specifically nodulate and fix nitrogen with geographically and taxonomically separate legume hosts

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2579-2588

  Ardley, Julie K ^a   Parker, Matthew A ^b   De Meyer, Sofie E ^c   Trengove, Robert D ^a   O'Hara, Graham W ^a   Reeve, Wayne G ^a   Yates, Ron J ^a,d   Dilworth, Michael J ^a   Willems, Anne ^c   Howieson, John G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOTAXONOMY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LEGUME; LISTIA ANGOLENSIS; LUPINUS TEXENSIS; MICROVIRGA AERILATA; MICROVIRGA FLOCCULANS; MICROVIRGA LOTONONIDIS; MICROVIRGA LUPINI; MICROVIRGA ZAMBIENSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FABACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; METHYLOBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEXAS; ZAMBIA;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BURKHOLDERIA; LUPINUS TEXENSIS; MESORHIZOBIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROVIRGA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84868319502     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.035097-0     Document Type: Article

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