Genomic basis of broad host range and environmental adaptability of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and Rhizobium sp. PRF 81 which are used in inoculants for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ormeño Orrillo, Ernesto ^a   Menna, Pâmela ^b   Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga P ^c   Ollero, Francisco Javier ^d   Nicolás, Marisa Fabiana ^c   Pains Rodrigues, Elisete ^e   Shigueyoshi Nakatani, Andre ^b   Silva Batista, Jesiane Stefânia ^b   Oliveira Chueire, Ligia Maria ^b   Souza, Rangel Celso ^c   Ribeiro Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza ^c   Megías, Manuel ^d   Hungria, Mariangela ^b   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Plant microbe interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOMICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST RANGE; NODA GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEUCAENAE; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURAL INOCULANTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROGENASE; IRON; METALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROSATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHASEOLUS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 84871599308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-735     Document Type: Article

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