Bacterial endophytes of the wildflower Crocus albiflorus analyzed by characterization of isolates and by a cultivation-independent approach

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-149

  Reiter, Birgit ^a,b   Sessitsch, Angela ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH CENTRE APPLIED BIOCATALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

16S rDNA clone library; 16S rRNA; Community analysis; Crocus; Endophytes; T RFLP analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA; GENES; RNA;

16S RDNA CLONE LIBRARY; 16S RRNA; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; CROCUS; ENDOPHYTES; T-RFLP ANALYSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DNA; ENDOPHYTE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLONING; CROCUS; CROCUS ALBIFLORUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; FIRMICUTES; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CROCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOWERS; GENE LIBRARY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PLANT STEMS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCUS; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 33744468520     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-109     Document Type: Article

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