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Rhizobium pongamiae sp. nov. from root nodules of Pongamia pinnata.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
Kesari Vigya, Ramesh Aadi Moolam, Rangan Latha
Abstract excerpt
Pongamia pinnata has an added advantage of N2-fixing ability and tolerance to stress conditions as compared with other biodiesel crops. It harbours "rhizobia" as an endophytic bacterial community on its root nodules. A gram-negative, nonmotile, fast-growing, rod-shaped, bacterial strain VKLR-01(T) was isolated from root nodules of Pongamia that grew optimal at 28°C, pH 7.0 in presence of 2% NaCl. Isolate VKLR-01...
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