Phenotypic and genetic diversity in Sinorhizobium meliloti and S. medicae from drought and salt affected regions of Morocco

BACKGROUND: Sinorhizobium meliloti and S. medicae are symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria in root nodules of forage legume alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). In Morocco, alfalfa is usually grown in marginal soils of arid and semi-arid regions frequently affected by drought, extremes of temperature and soi...

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Autores principales: Elboutahiri, Nadia, Thami-Alami, Imane, Udupa, Sripada M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20089174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-15