Diversity of endophytic bacteria from Eucalyptus species seeds and colonization of seedlings by Pantoea agglomerans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-14

  Ferreira, Anderson ^a   Quecine, Maria Carolina ^a   Lacava, Paulo Teixeira ^a   Oda, Shinitiro ^b   Azevedo, João Lúcio ^a   Araújo, Welington Luiz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NSK Brasil Ltd   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; ARDRA; Fluorescence microscopy; Microbial ecology; Plant bacteria interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EUCALYPTUS; HOST; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SPECIES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUCALYPTUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PANTOEA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; EUCALYPTUS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PAENIBACILLUS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 50949112012     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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