Application of the scholander pressure bomb to studies on endophytic bacteria of plants

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 411-416

  Hallmann, J ^a   Kloepper, J W ^a   Rodriguez Kabana R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Endophytic bacteria; Isolation method; Scholander pressure bomb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COTTON; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYLLOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIOBACTER; TRACHEOPHYTA; AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER; BACILLUS; CUCURBITACEAE; FABACEAE; MALVACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

BACTERIA; ENDOPHYTE; METHOD COMPARISON; SCHOLANDER PRESSURE BOMB; TRITURATION METHOD;

EID: 0030613197     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-058     Document Type: Article

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