A novel growth-promoting microbe, Methylobacterium funariae sp. nov., isolated from the leaf surface of a common moss

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-515

  Schauer, S ^a   Kutschera, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth promoting bacteria; Methylobacteria; Mosses; Plant microbe interactions; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRYOPHYTA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79955575755     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.4.14335     Document Type: Article

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