Crop-specific endophytic colonization by a novel, salt-tolerant, N2-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing Gluconacetobacter sp. from wild rice

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-501

  Loganathan, P ^a   Nair, Sudha ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Colonization; N2 fixation; Novel isolates; Phosphate solubilization; Rice

Indexed keywords

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; GLUCONACETOBACTER; PORTERESIA COARCTATA; ZIZANIA;

EID: 0037349329     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022645124506     Document Type: Article

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