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

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-185

  Mano, Hironobu ^a   Tanaka, Fumiko ^a   Nakamura, Chizuru ^a   Kaga, Hiroko ^a   Morisaki, Hisao ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; culturable endophytic bacteria; paddy field; rice leaf; rice root

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049119586     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.175     Document Type: Article

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