Pseudomonas community structure and antagonistic potential in the rhizosphere: Insights gained by combining phylogenetic and functional gene-based analyses

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2260-2273

  Costa, Rodrigo ^a,c   Gomes, Newton C M ^a   Krögerrecklenfort, Ellen ^a   Opelt, Katja ^b   Berg, Gabriele ^b   Smalla, Kornelia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS; STRAWBERRY; TURNIP; VERTICILLIUM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRASSICA RAPA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; FRAGARIA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VERTICILLIUM;

BRASSICA NAPUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; UNCULTURED PSEUDOMONAS SP.; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 34547686154     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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