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Polyphasic taxonomy of symbiotic rhizobia from wild leguminous plants growing in Egypt.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2003
Zahran H H, Abdel-Fattah M, Ahmad M S, Zaky A Y
Abstract excerpt
About 20 strains of rhizobia from wild legumes were characterized based on numerical analysis of phenotypic characteristics, nodulating ability, fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and SDS-PAGE profiles of whole cell proteins. FAME analysis revealed that palmitic (16:0), stearic (18:0) and arachidonic (20:0) were detected in most of wild-legume rhizobia, the latter being uncommon in fatty acid profiles of Rhizobium...
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