Isolation and identification of actinobacteria from surface-sterilized wheat roots

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5603-5608

  Coombs, Justin T ^a,c   Franco, Christopher M M ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TISSUE;

PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; WHEAT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MICROBISPORA; MICROMONOSPORA; NEC1 GENE; NOCARDIODES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; STREPTOMYCES; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBISPORA; MICROMONOSPORA; NOCARDIOIDES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CAVISCABIES; STREPTOMYCES SETONII; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141704522     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5603-5608.2003     Document Type: Article

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