Comparison of Paenibacillus azotofixans strains isolated from rhizoplane, rhizosphere, and non-root-associated soil from maize planted in two different Brazilian soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3860-3868

  Seldin, Lucy ^a   Rosado, Alexandre Soares ^a   Da Cruz, Davi William ^a   Nobrega, Alberto ^a   Van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^c   Paiva, Edilson ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MAIZE; RHIZOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS DURUS; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

BRAZIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS AZOTOFIXANS; PAENIBACILLUS DURUS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344015774     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3860-3868.1998     Document Type: Article

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