Coexistence of predominantly nonculturable rhizobia with diverse, endophytic bacterial taxa within nodules of wild legumes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-400

  Muresu, Rosella ^a   Polone, Elisa ^b   Sulas, Leonardo ^a   Baldan, Barbara ^b   Tondello, Alessandra ^b   Delogu, Giuseppe ^a   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^a   Alberghini, Sara ^b   Benhizia, Yacine ^c   Benhizia, Hayet ^c   Benguedouar, Ammar ^c   Mori, Bruno ^d   Calamassi, Roberto ^d   Dazzo, Frank B ^e   Squartini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Università di Firenze ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endophytes; Nonculturable; Rhizobia; Wild legumes

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENDOPHYTE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTEROBACTER; GNOTOBIOTICS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE;

ALGERIA; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER; FABACEAE; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEDYSARUM;

EID: 38849199577     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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