Diversity analysis of diazotrophic bacteria associated with the roots of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze)

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-555

  Arvind, Gulati ^a   Sood, Swati ^a   Rahi, Praveen ^a   Thakur, Rishu ^a   Chauhan, Sunita ^a,b   Chadha, Isha Chawla Nee ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; Acetylene reduction assay; Camellia sinensis; Carbon source utilization; Diazotrophic bacteria; FAME analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FATTY ACID ESTER; NITROGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRA; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BREVUNDIMONAS; BURKHOLDERIA; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELFTIA; DELFTIA LACUSTRIS; DIAZOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM HUTTIENSE; INDIA; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM ALBIZIAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS XINJIANGENSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS; TEA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AZOSPIRA; AZOSPIRA ORYZAE; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BREVUNDIMONAS; BURKHOLDERIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DELFTIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM HUTTIENSE; MESORHIZOBIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RHIZOBIUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 79960091193     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1012.12022     Document Type: Article

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