Key physiological properties contributing to rhizosphere adaptation and plant growth promotion abilities of Azospirillum brasilense

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Fibach Paldi, Sharon ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Indole 3 acetic acid; Nitric oxide; Phenotypic variation; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; COPOLYMER; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGMA FACTOR; TLP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CHEB GENE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHER GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN FIXATION A GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 83755225836     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02407.x     Document Type: Review

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