Microbial Community Analysis of the Phytosphere Using Culture-Independent Methodologies

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-105

  Saito, Asami ^a   Ikeda, Seishi ^a,c   Ezura, Hiroshi ^b   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community analysis; microbial diversity; phytosphere; plant microbe interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957050651     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.93     Document Type: Article

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