Culturable Surface and Endophytic Bacterial Flora of the Maturing Seeds of Rice Plants (Oryza sativa) Cultivated in a Paddy Field

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-100

  Mano, Hironobu ^a   Tanaka, Fumiko ^a   Watanabe, Asuka ^a   Kaga, Hiroko ^a   Okunishi, Suguru ^a   Morisaki, Hisao ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; culturable bacterial flora; osmotic pressure; paddy field; rice seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049043348     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.86     Document Type: Article

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