Molecular assay to identify Acetobacter diazotrophicus and detect its occurrence in plant tissues

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-19

  Kirchhof, Gudrun ^a   Baldani, J Ivo ^b   Reis, Veronica M ^b   Hartmann, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetobacter diazotrophicus; Diazotrophic endophytes; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Specific rRNA targeting oligonucleotides

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031972111     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-1-12     Document Type: Article

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