Bacterial communities associated with surfaces of leafy greens: Shift in composition and decrease in richness over time

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1530-1539

  Dees, Merete Wiken ^a   Lysøe, Erik ^a   Nordskog, Berit ^a   Brurberg, May Bente ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); ROCKETS;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLLOSPHERE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORWAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPLOTAXIS TENUIFOLIA; ERUCA VESICARIA; FUNGI; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICACEAE; LETTUCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS;

EID: 84922032916     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03470-14     Document Type: Article

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