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Genetic diversity of Frankia microsymbionts from the relict species Myrica faya (Ait.) and Myrica rivas-martinezii (S.) in Canary Islands and Hawaii.
Microbial ecology - 1 May 2005
Huguet V, Land E Ojeda, Casanova J Garcia, Zimpfer J F, Fernandez M P
Abstract excerpt
In the Western Canary Islands, Myrica faya and Myrica rivas-martinezii (Myricaceae) are phylogenetically close, endemic, actinorhizal species presumed to be remnants either of the European or the African Tertiary floras. Unisolated Frankia strains from field-collected nodules on Tenerife, Gomera, and La Palma Islands were compared by their rrs gene and 16S-23S intergenic spacer (IGS) restriction patterns. To...
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