Predominance of nonculturable cells of the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 in the surface horizon of large outdoor lysimeters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3776-3782

  Troxler, Joseph ^a   Zala, Marcello ^a   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a   Keel, Christoph ^a,b   Défago, Geneviève ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INOCULANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISM; LYSIMETER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030798662     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3776-3782.1997     Document Type: Article

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