Screening for leaf-associated endophytes in the genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-372

  Lemaire, Benny ^a   Lachenaud, Olivier ^b   Persson, Claes ^c   Smets, Erik ^a,d,e   Dessein, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial leaf symbiosis; Burkholderia; Endophytes; Psychotria; Rubiaceae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST PLANT; LEAF; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOTRIA; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPHYTES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOTRIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; PSYCHOTRIA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84863784767     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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