Ubiquitous presence of fastidious endophytic bacteria in field shoots and index-negative apparently clean shoot-tip cultures of papaya

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1491-1499

  Thomas, Pious ^a   Kumari, Sima ^a   Swarna, Ganiga K ^a   Prakash, Devalakere P ^a   Dinesh, Makki R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial 16S rRNA gene; Carica papaya; Endophytic bacteria; Habituation; Microbial contamination; Viable but non culturable bacteria

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

CARICA PAPAYA; ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAPAYA; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

BACTERIA; CARICA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 34548028235     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0363-2     Document Type: Article

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