Incorporation of a DNA Sequence Encoding Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) into Endophytic Diazotroph from Sugarcane and Sweet Potato and the Colonizing Ability of these Bacteria in Brassica oleracea

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-128

  Tanaka, Kazunori ^a   Shimizu, Tasuku ^a   Zakria, Muhammad ^a   Njoloma, Joyce ^a   Saeki, Yuichi ^a   Sakai, Masao ^b   Yamakawa, Takeo ^b   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^c   Akao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; conjugation; Enterobacter sp; Klebsiella sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005979388     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.122     Document Type: Article

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