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Nodulation of Lupinus albus by strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Trujillo Martha E, Willems Anne, Abril Adriana, Planchuelo Ana-María, Rivas Raúl, Ludeña Dolores, Mateos Pedro F, Martínez-Molina Eustoquio, Velázquez Encarna
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The nodulation of legumes has for more than a century been considered an exclusive capacity of a group of microorganisms commonly known as rhizobia and belonging to the alpha-Proteobacteria. However, in the last 3 years four nonrhizobial species, belonging to alpha and beta subclasses of the Proteobacteria, have been described as legume-nodulating bacteria. In the present study, two fast-growing strains, LUP21...
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