Predominant Culturable Bacillus Species in Japanese Arable Soils and Their Potential as Biocontrol Agents

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Nishijima, Takanori ^a,c   Toyota, Koki ^a   Mochizuki, Masami ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IDEMITSU KOSAN CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Kirin Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacillus megaterium; Brevibacillus; Paenibacillus; rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447549837     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.61     Document Type: Article

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