Application of a novel Paenibacillus-specific PCR-DGGE method and sequence analysis to assess the diversity of Paenibacillus spp. in the maize rhizosphere

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-231

  Araújo Da Silva, Katia Regina ^a   Salles, Joana Falcão ^b   Seldin, Lucy ^a   Van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Maize rhizosphere; Paenibacillus; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; MAIZE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS DURUS; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTHER SEQUENCES; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037716377     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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