Endophytic bacteria in toxic south african plants: Identification, phylogeny and possible involvement in gousiekte

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Verstraete, Brecht ^a   van Elst, Daan ^b   Steyn, Hester ^c   van Wyk, Braam ^d   Lemaire, Benny ^a   Smets, Erik ^e   Dessein, Steven ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLADISTICS; ENDOPHYTE; FADOGIA; GOSIEKTE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MESOPHYLL CELL; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAVETTA; PAVETTA HARBORII; PAVETTA SCHUMANNIANA; PHYLOGENY; POISONOUS PLANT; RUBIACEAE; VANGUERIA; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

AFROCANTHIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CALEDONICA; CANTHIUM; FADOGIA; KEETIA; PAVETTA; PAVETTA HARBORII; PSYDRAX; PYGMAEOTHAMNUS; PYROSTRIA; RUBIACEAE; VANGUERIA;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; RUBIACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79955596523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019265     Document Type: Article

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