Isolation of bacterial endophytes from germinated maize kernels

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 802-808

  Rijavec, Tomaž ^a   Lapanje, Aleš ^a   Dermastia, Marina ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Lecanicillium aphanocladii; Maize; Pantoea; Seed

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA; STERILIZERS;

ASEPTIC CONDITIONS; ENDOPHYTES; LECANICILLIUM APHANOCLADII; PANTOEA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CULTIVAR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INHIBITION; MAIZE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; FRIGORIBACTERIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LECANICILLIUM APHANOCLADII; MAIZE; MICROBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PANTOEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRIGORIBACTERIUM; FUNGI; LECANICILLIUM APHANOCLADII; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; PAENIBACILLUS SP.; PANTOEA; PANTOEA SP.; SPHINGOMONAS SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34848927921     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-048     Document Type: Article

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