Colonization of cucumber seeds by bacteria during germination

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2794-2807

  Ofek, Maya ^a,b   Hadar, Yitzhak ^b   Minz, Dror ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUCUMBER; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PYTHIUM; SEEDLING;

BACTERIA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMINATION; PLANT ROOTS; PYTHIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM;

EID: 80053649676     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02551.x     Document Type: Article

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