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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of chickpea rhizobia isolated from different areas of Tunisia.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
L'taief Boulbaba, Sifi Bouaziz, Gtari Maher, Zaman-Allah Mainassara, Lachaâl Mokhtar
Abstract excerpt
Several phenotypic markers were used in this study to determine the biodiversity of rhizobial strains nodulating Cicer arietinum L. in various areas of Tunisia. They include symbiotic traits, the use of 21 biochemical substrates, and tolerance to salinity and pH. In addition, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA were compared with those of reference strains. Numeric analysis...
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