Bacterial diversity in the rhizosphere of Proteaceae species

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1755-1768

  Stafford, William H L ^a   Baker, Gillian C ^a   Brown, Susan A ^b   Burton, Stephanie G ^b   Cowan, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARCHAEA; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXUS; FRANKIA; LEUCADENDRON XANTHOCONUS; LEUCOSPERMUM; PROTEACEAE; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 27444438277     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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