Use of bacterial bioluminescence for monitoring the behavior of rhizobacteria introduced to plant rhizosphere

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 395-404

  Sakai, Masao ^a   Futamata, Hiroyuki ^a   Ozawa, Hidenori ^a   Sueguchi, Tadayoshi ^a   Kim, Jong Shik ^a   Matsuguchi, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Fluorescent pseudomonads; Luciferase; Root colonization; Transposon

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842788890     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1997.10414763     Document Type: Article

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