Effect of Solar UV-B Radiation on a Phyllosphere Bacterial Community

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5488-5496

  Jacobs, Janette L ^a   Sundin, George W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEANUT; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; PIGMENTS; PLANT LEAVES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035650538     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5488-5496.2001     Document Type: Article

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