Colonization pattern of plant root and leaf surfaces visualized by use of green-fluorescent-marked strain of Methylobacterium suomiense and its persistence in rhizosphere

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1033-1043

  Poonguzhali, S ^a   Madhaiyan, M ^a   Yim, Woo Jong ^a   Kim, Kyoung A ^a   Sa, Tong Min ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonization; Conjugation; Flow cytometry; Green fluorescent protein; Methylobacterium; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLONIZATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLOBACTERIUM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

COLONIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; PERSISTENCE; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE; SURVIVAL; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOSPHERE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOMATO;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM SUOMIENSE;

EID: 43349093070     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1398-1     Document Type: Article

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