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Rhizobium laguerreae is the main nitrogen-fixing symbiont of cultivated lentil (Lens culinaris) in Morocco.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Mar 2018
Taha Kaoutar, Berraho El Bekkay, El Attar Imane, Dekkiche Samia, Aurag Jamal, Béna Gilles
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Genetic diversity and population structure of 268 Lens culinaris symbiotic rhizobia collected from 40 cultivated fields in the main lentil production regions in Morocco were estimated. Three chromosomal housekeeping genes (recA, glnII and atpD) and one common symbiotic gene (nodC) were sequenced and analyzed in order to identify the local symbionts of lentil. The molecular phylogeny of the concatenated...
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