Tomasz Stępkowski

TL;DR: PCR amplification, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of nodA gene sequences revealed the monophyletic character with the possible exception of photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium, despite high sequence diversity, and indicated that the spread and maintenance of nodulation genes within the Bradyrnobia genus occurred through vertical transmission, although lateral gene transfer also played a significant role.

TL;DR: The data suggest that the lupin and serradella strains, including the strains from uncultivated L. cosentinii plants, are descendants of strains that most likely were brought from Europe accidentally with l upin andserradella seeds.

TL;DR: It is suggested that clade II diversified predominately in the Old World, possibly in the Mediterranean, and evidence is presented that the noeI gene may not be required for nodulation of lupine and that loss of this gene is occurring.

TL;DR: These guidelines supplement the current rules of general bacterial taxonomy, which require a name that conforms to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, and deposition of the type strain in two international culture collections in separate countries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the α-subdomain of the substrate-binding domain of DnaK was used for phylogenetic analysis of rhizobia and related non-symbiotic alpha-Proteobacteria.