Bacterial Flora of Endophytes in the Maturing Seed of Cultivated Rice (Oryza sativa)

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-177

  Okunishi, Suguru ^a   Sako, Kentaro ^a   Mano, Hironobu ^a   Imamura, Ayumi ^a   Morisaki, Hisao ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; bacterial flora; high osmotic pressure; maturation process; rice seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347377063     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.168     Document Type: Article

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