Phenotypic and genetic diversity of Paenibacillus azotofixans strains isolated from the rhizoplane or rhizosphere soil of different grasses

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-226

  Rosado, A S ^a   De Azevedo, F S ^a   Da Cruz, D W ^a   Van Elsas, J D ^b   Seidin, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOLOGY; SOILS;

BOX-PCR; D-ARABITOL; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; GENOMIC FINGERPRINTING; HYBRIDISATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PAENIBACILLUS; PCR APPROACH; PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; RHIZOSPHERES SOIL;

PROBES;

ACID; ARABINITOL; CARBOHYDRATE; DNA; GALACTITOL; GLYCOGEN; SORBITOL; STARCH; TAGATOSE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE; GENOTYPE; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS DURUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOIL;

PAENIBACILLUS AZOTOFIXANS;

EID: 0031931483     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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