Yan A M, Wang E T, Kan F L, Tan Z Y, Sui X H, Reinhold-Hurek B, Chen W X
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2000 Sep;50 Pt 5:1887-1891. doi: 10.1099/00207713-50-5-1887.
Of 42 rhizobial isolates from Medicago sativa and Melilotus spp. growing in arid saline fields in Xinjiang, China, 40 were identified as Sinorhizobium meliloti by a polyphasic approach. However, diverse groups were obtained from these isolates in numerical taxonomy and SDS-PAGE of proteins. They could grow at pH 10.5 and were tolerant to 2.5-4.0% (w/v) NaCl.
