Colonisation of poplar trees by gfp expressing bacterial endophytes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-118

  Germaine, Kieran ^a   Keogh, Elaine ^a   Garcia Cabellos, Guiomar ^a   Borremans, Brigitte ^b   Van Der Lelie, Daniel ^c   Barac, Tanja ^d   Oeyen, Licy ^d   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^d   Moore, Fiona Porteous ^e   Moore, Edward R B ^e   Campbell, Colin D ^e   Ryan, David ^a   Dowling, David N ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Endophytes; gfp; Phytoremediation; Poplar trees; Pseudomonas; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; TREE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; XYLEM;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POPULUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STAINING AND LABELING; XYLEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 12144291544     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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