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Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of rhizobia nodulating Pterocarpus erinaceus and P. lucens in Senegal.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Sylla Samba Ndao, Samba Ramatoulaye Thiaba, Neyra Marc, Ndoye Ibrahima, Giraud Eric, Willems Anne, de Lajudie Philippe, Dreyfus Bernard
Abstract excerpt
A total of fifty root nodules isolates of fast-growing and slow growing rhizobia from Pterocarpus ennaceus and Pterocarpus lucens respectively native of sudanean and sahelian regions of Senegal were characterized. These isolates were compared to representative strains of known rhizobial species. Twenty-two new isolates were slow growers and twenty-eight were fast growers. A polyphasic approach was performed...
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