Conservation and diversity of seed associated endophytes in Zea across boundaries of evolution, ethnography and ecology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Johnston Monje, David ^a   Raizada, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PHYTOFIRMANS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DOMESTICATION; ECOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; METHYLOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; POTATO; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEED KERNEL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CROP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOSPHERE; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BURKHOLDERIA PHYTOFIRMANS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

ACETOIN; PHOSPHATE;

ACETOIN; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; METAGENOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958030351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020396     Document Type: Article

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