Rapid and accurate species and genomic species identification and exhaustive population diversity assessment of Agrobacterium spp. using recA-based PCR

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 351-358

  Shams, M ^a,b,c   Vial, L ^a,b,c   Chapulliot, D ^a,b,c   Nesme, X ^a,b,c   Lavire, C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Bacterial community; Bacterial microdiversity; PCR detection; Rhizobiaceae; Species identification

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOTA; DNA PRIMERS; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM LARRYMOOREI; AGROBACTERIUM RUBI; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM UNDICOLA;

EID: 84879602741     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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