Molecular and physiological comparison of Azospirillum spp. isolated from Rhizoctonia solani mycelia, wheat rhizosphere, and human skin wounds

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-297

  Cohen, Michael F ^a   Han, Xiang Y ^b   Mazzola, Mark ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Flocculation; Rhizoctonia solani; Roseomonas faunae

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DISEASES; FOOD PRODUCTS; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; STRAIN;

PATHOGENS; RHIZOSPHERE; SKIN WOUNDS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

FRUCTOSE; GLYCEROL; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HYPHOMYCETES; INCUBATION TIME; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN INJURY; WHEAT;

AZOSPIRILLUM; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOCTONIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES; MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHIZOCTONIA; ROSEOMONAS; ROSEOMONAS GILARDII; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3142523346     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-007     Document Type: Article

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