PMID- 23962065
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131223
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 0266-8254 (Print)
IS  - 0266-8254 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 3
DP  - 1999 Mar
TI  - Genetic characterization of naturally occurring Rhizobium meliloti populations 
      and their potential to form effective symbioses with lucerne.
PG  - 169-74
LID - 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00515.x [doi]
AB  - Genetic characterization by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) 
      fingerprinting was employed to study the status of Rhizobium meliloti populations 
      inhabiting nodules of lucerne. Rhizobium strains were isolated from nodules 
      harvested from plants growing in inoculated or uninoculated experimental plots, 
      uninoculated commercial fields and from lucerne grown in pots containing soils of 
      different origin. Dry matter analyses were recorded and rhizobia were assessed 
      for relative genetic diversity between treatments. Inoculated and uninoculated 
      soils did not differ in terms of dry matter production, and lucerne grew, and was 
      adequately nodulated, in soils with no history of lucerne cultivation. These 
      findings, and the demonstration that there is a rich genetic diversity of Rh. 
      meliloti in these soils, show that it is not always necessary to apply a standard 
      commercial inoculant.
FAU - Gandee, C M
AU  - Gandee CM
AD  - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK.
FAU - Harrison, S P
AU  - Harrison SP
FAU - Davies, W P
AU  - Davies WP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Lett Appl Microbiol
JT  - Letters in applied microbiology
JID - 8510094
SB  - IM
MH  - Genetic Variation
MH  - Medicago sativa/*microbiology
MH  - Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
MH  - Sinorhizobium meliloti/classification/*genetics/growth & development
MH  - *Soil Microbiology
MH  - Symbiosis
EDAT- 1999/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 2013/12/24 06:00
CRDT- 2013/08/22 06:00
PHST- 2013/08/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1999/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00515.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Lett Appl Microbiol. 1999 Mar;28(3):169-74. doi: 
      10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00515.x.