Mesorhizobium alhagi sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of the wild legume Alhagi sparsifolia

Weimin Chen, Wenfei Zhu, Cyril Bontemps, J. Peter W. Young, Gehong Wei

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Abstract

Eleven strains that form symbiotic root nodules on Alhagi sparsifolia, previously designated genospecies II, were identified as a new lineage of Mesorhizobium (Alphaproteobacteria) that is differentiated from all previously recognized species of the genus Mesorhizobium by 16S rRNA gene sequence (
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Pages (from-to)958-962
Number of pages5
JournalInt J Syst Evol Microbiol
Volume60
Issue numberPt 4
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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