Applicability of the 16S-23S rDNA internal spacer for PCR detection of the phytostimulatory PGPR inoculant Azospirillum lipoferum CRT1 in field soil

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-38

  Baudoin, E ^a,b,c   Couillerot, O ^b,c   Spaepen, S ^b,c,d   Moenne Loccoz Y ^b,c   Nazaret, S ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S 23S rDNA intergenic spacer; Azospirillum; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Soil detection; Specific primers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEED; STRAIN;

16S-23S RDNA INTERGENIC SPACER; AZOSPIRILLUM; FIELD SOIL; IN-FIELD; INTERGENIC SPACERS; PCR DETECTION; PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA; PRIMER SETS; SOIL DETECTION; SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

SOILS;

DNA 16S; DNA 23S;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; MAIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; DNA EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; RHIZOBIALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72449192304     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04393.x     Document Type: Article

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