Isolation of an ethanol-tolerant endospore-forming Gram-negative Brevibacillus sp. as a covert contaminant in grape tissue cultures

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 764-774

  Thomas, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; Alcohol resistance; Bacterial endophyte; Gram staining; Microbial contamination; Micropropagation; Spore resistance; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ETHANOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TISSUE CULTURE;

16S RDNA SEQUENCE; ALCOHOL RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; GRAM-STAINING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROPROPAGATION; NEGATIVE STAINING; SPORE RESISTANCE; VITIS VINIFERA;

FATTY ACIDS;

AGAR; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; DNA; ETHANOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORULATION;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACILLUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS CHOSHINENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33748715175     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02993.x     Document Type: Article

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