Bacterial diversity in rhizospheres of nontransgenic and transgenic corn

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4132-4136

  Fang, Min ^a   Kremer, Robert J ^a,b   Motavalli, Peter P ^a   Davis, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; TEXTURES;

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; FIELD STUDIES; METABOLIC PROFILING; TRANSGENIC CORN;

BIODIVERSITY;

HERBICIDE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; RHIZOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CARBON UTILIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORN; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GREENHOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT EXUDATE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL TEXTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 22144454673     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.4132-4136.2005     Document Type: Article

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