Isolation and identification of diazotrophic bacteria from internal tissues of pinus contorta and thuja plicata

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 808-813

  Bal, Amandeep ^a,e   Anand, Richa ^a,e   Berge, Odile ^b,c,d,f   Chanway, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne de la Rhizosphère et d'Environnements Extrêmes   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f INRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DYADOBACTER FERMENTANS; GYMNOSPERMAE; PAENIBACILLUS; PINUS CONTORTA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 84859015841     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-023     Document Type: Note

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