%0 Journal Article %A Peng, Gui Xiang %A Tan, Zhi Yuan %A Wang, En Tao %A Reinhold-Hurek, Barbara %A Chen, Wen Feng %A Chen, Wen Xin %T Identification of isolates from soybean nodules in Xinjiang Region as Sinorhizobium xinjiangense and genetic differentiation of S. xinjiangense from Sinorhizobium fredii. %D 2002 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 52 %N 2 %P 457-462 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-2-457 %I Microbiology Society, %X Eight fast-growing rhizobial isolates from Xinjiang soils were identified as Sinorhizobium xinjiangense by analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences, SDS-PAGE of proteins, intergenic spacer sequences and DNA-DNA hybridization. Based on all of the results, these isolates and the reference strains for S. xinjiangense were a distinct genomic species, although the 16S rRNA genes were closely related to that of Sinorhizobium fredii. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-52-2-457