Endophytic Herbaspirillum seropedicae expresses nif genes in gramineous plants

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-47

  Roncato Maccari, Lauren D B ^a   Ramos, Humberto J O ^a   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^a   Alquini, Yedo ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Yates, Marshall G ^a   Rigo, Liu U ^a   Steffens, Maria Berenice R ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endophyte; GUS; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; nif gene; Nitrogen fixing bacterium; Plant colonization

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; NITROGEN; VERMICULITE;

ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; MAIZE; MICROSCOPY; MUCILAGE; NIF GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RICE; ROOT CORTEX; SEEDLING; SHOOT; SORGHUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR TISSUE; WHEAT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037866408     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00108-9     Document Type: Article

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