Seasonal variation of bacterial endophytes in urban trees

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Shen, Shu Yi ^a   Fulthorpe, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial endophytes; Endophytes; Seasonal variation; Species variation; Trees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDOPHYTE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PYROSEQUENCING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ACER NEGUNDO; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURTOBACTERIUM; ERWINIA; FRIGORIBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; SANGUIBACTER; SPHINGOMONAS; ULMUS; ULMUS PARVIFOLIA; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 84931268784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00427     Document Type: Article

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