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Biodiversity of rhizobia isolated from a wide range of forest legumes in Brazil.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 1998
Moreira F M, Haukka K, Young J P
Abstract excerpt
Tropical forests have a high diversity of plant species; are they associated with a correspondingly rich microbial flora? We addressed this question by examining the symbiotic rhizobium bacteria that nodulate a diverse pool of forest legume species in Brazil. The 44 strains studied had been isolated from 29 legume tree species representing 13 tribes including all three subfamilies of the Leguminosae, and were...
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