Bacterial endophyte communities of two wheatgrass varieties following propagation in different growing media

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-80

  Ringelberg, D ^a   Foley, K ^a   Reynolds, C M ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial endophyte; Community composition; In planta; Wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTURABLE; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GROWING MEDIA; GROWING MIX; IN-SILICO; LEAF TISSUES; MATURE PLANTS; MILITARY TRAINING; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PLANT TISSUES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROOT TISSUES; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS; WHEATGRASS;

HISTOLOGY; PEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVEGETATION; SEED;

TISSUE;

DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; ENDOPHYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REVEGETATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TRANSLOCATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOPHYTE; FLAVOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WHEATGRASS;

AGROPYRON; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE MEDIA; ELYMUS; ENDOPHYTES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEEDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84855572953     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W11-122     Document Type: Article

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