Visualization of symbiotic tissue in intact root nodules of Vicia tetrasperma using GFP-marked Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Chovanec, P ^a   Hovorka, O ^a   Novak K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VICIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; VICIA TETRASPERMA;

EID: 44349187340     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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