Endophytic bacterial flora in root and stem tissues of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) genotype: isolation, identification and evaluation against Phytophthora capsici

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Aravind, R ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Eapen, S J ^a   Ramana, K V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacillus megaterium; Bacterial endophytes; Black pepper; Phytophthora capsici; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas putida

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; PEPPER; TISSUE;

16S RDNA; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES; BLACK PEPPER; ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PIPER NIGRUM L; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; DNA; TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; VINE;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOT ROT; GENOTYPE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURTOBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PIPER NIGRUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA;

EID: 58149308330     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02486.x     Document Type: Article

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