Genetic and phenotypic diversity of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from sugarcane plants growing in Pakistan

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1614-1623

  Mehnaz, Samina ^a,b   Baig, Deeba N ^a   Lazarovits, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Enterobacter; Klebsiella; Pseudomonads; Rhizobium; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL RNA; CELLULASE; CHITINASE; DEAMINASE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEINASE; RNA 16S; SIDEROPHORE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAULOBACTER; COLLETOTRICHUM; CPN60 GENE; DELFTIA; ENTEROBACTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPHOMYCETES; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PYTHIUM; RAHNELLA; RHIZOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS; SUGARCANE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYMES; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHATES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; COLLETOTRICHUM; DELFTIA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FUSARIUM; KLEBSIELLA; PANNONIBACTER; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PYTHIUM; RAHNELLA; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOCTONIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 78650851460     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1005.05014     Document Type: Article

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