Effective dose of a microbial inoculant is one to four cells in the rhizosphere

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 940-944

  Normander, Bo ^a   Hendriksen, Niels Bohse ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial fate; gfp; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Risk assessment; Single cell

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE;

MICROBIAL INOCULANT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

INOCULATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RHIZOSPHERE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARLEY; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HORDEUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0036780335     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-088     Document Type: Article

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