Diversity of Azospirillum strains isolated from rice plants grown in saline and nonsaline sites of coastal agricultural ecosystem

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-277

  Saleena, L M ^a   Rangarajan, S ^a   Nair, Sudha ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; RICE; SALINITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; AZOSPIRILLUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; INDIA; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036781162     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-2019-7     Document Type: Article

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