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Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns

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  • 1. Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  • 2. School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • 3. Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa & National Institute for Communicable Disease, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 4. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland

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Avontuur, Juanita R., Palmer, Marike, Beukes, Chrizelle W., Chan, Wai Y., Tasiya, Taponeswa, Zyl, Elritha van, Coetzee, Martin P.A., Stepkowski, Tomasz, Venter, Stephanus N., Steenkamp, Emma T. (2022): Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (107338) 167: 1-13, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107338

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