Evaluation of seven housekeeping genes for multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Mesorhizobium: Resolving the taxonomic affiliation of the Cicer canariense rhizobia

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 553-559

  Pérez Yépez, Juan ^a   Armas Capote, Natalia ^a   Velázquez, Encarna ^b   Pérez Galdona, Ricardo ^a   Rivas, Raúl ^b   León Barrios, Milagros ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANI (average nucleotide identity); Cicer canariense; Housekeeping genes; Mesorhizobium; MLSA (multilocus sequence analysis); Species delineation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHICKPEA; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNAK GENE; GLNII GENE; GYRB GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MARKER GENE; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM AMORPHAE; MESORHIZOBIUM AUSTRALICUM; MESORHIZOBIUM CARAGANAE; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; MESORHIZOBIUM OPPORTUNISTUM; MESORHIZOBIUM QINGSHENGII; MESORHIZOBIUM SEPTENTRIONALE; MESORHIZOBIUM SHANGRILENSE; MESORHIZOBIUM TAMADAYENSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RPOB GENE; THRA GENE; TRUA GENE; TYPE STRAIN; CICER; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NODULATION; PROCEDURES;

CICER ARIETINUM; CICER CANARIENSE; MESORHIZOBIUM;

CICER; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MESORHIZOBIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; ROOT NODULES, PLANT;

EID: 84977800416     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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