Comparison of prominent Azospirillum strains in Azospirillum-Pseudomonas- Glomus consortia for promotion of maize growth

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4639-4649

  Couillerot, Olivier ^a,b,c   Ramírez Trujillo, Augusto ^d   Walker, Vincent ^a,b,c   Von Felten, Andreas ^e   Jansa, Jan ^e   Maurhofer, Monika ^e   Défago, Geneviève ^e   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a,b,c   Comte, Gilles ^a,b,c   Caballero Mellado, Jesus ^d   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Glomus; Inoculum survival; Maize; Microbial consortia; PGPR; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM; GLOMUS; INOCULUM SURVIVAL; MAIZE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PGPR; PSEUDOMONAS;

GENES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA;

AUXIN;

BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; INOCULATION; MAIZE; MYCORRHIZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SAMPLING; SHOOT;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOMUS (FUNGUS); MAIZE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AZOSPIRILLUM; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEA MAYS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; GLOMUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877724275     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4249-z     Document Type: Article

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