Isolation and identification of five alcohol-defying Bacillus spp. covertly associated with in vitro culture of seedless watermelon

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 983-987

  Thomas, Pious ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanantus; Endospore resistance; Fatty acid profiling; Microbial contamination; Plant tissue culture

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS FLEXUS; BACILLUS FUSIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA; POSIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 34247506348     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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