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Heavy metal tolerant Metalliresistens boonkerdii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus in the family Bradyrhizobiaceae isolated from soil in Thailand.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Noisangiam Rujirek, Nuntagij Achara, Pongsilp Neelawan, Boonkerd Nantakorn, Denduangboripant Jessada, Ronson Clive, Teaumroong Neung
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial strains from inoculated soybean field soil in Thailand were directly isolated using Bradyrhizobium japonicum selective medium (BJSM), on the basis of Zn(2+) and Co(2+) resistance of B. japonicum and B. elkanii. The isolates were classified into symbiotic and non-symbiotic groups by inoculation assays and Southern hybridization of nod and nif genes. In this study, a nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene...
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