Definition and evolution of a new symbiovar, sv. rigiduloides, among Ensifer meliloti efficiently nodulating Medicago species

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 490-496

  Gubry Rangin, Cécile ^a   Béna, Gilles ^b,c   Cleyet Marel, Jean Claude ^d   Brunel, Brigitte ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Biovar; Ecotype; Genetic diversity; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation genes; Species; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARREL MEDIC; BIOMASS; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENSIFER MELILOTI; ENSIFERA; GENE LOSS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO RIGIDULOIDES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO RIGIDULOIDES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BIOVAR; ECOTYPE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION GENES; SPECIES; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MEDICAGO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84884208451     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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