The influence of local plant growth conditions on non-fastidious bacterial contamination of meristem-tips of Hydrangea cultured in vitro

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Cassells, A C ^a   Tahmatsidou, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

bacterial contamination; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRANGEA;

EID: 0030484792     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02318961     Document Type: Article

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