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Diversity analysis of diazotrophic bacteria associated with the roots of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze).
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jun 2011
Gulati Arvind, Sood Swati, Rahi Praveen, Thakur Rishu, Chauhan Sunita, Chawla Isha
Abstract excerpt
The diversity elucidation by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing of 96 associative diazotrophs, isolated from the feeder roots of tea on enriched nitrogen-free semisolid media, revealed the predominance of Gram-positive over Gram-negative bacteria within the Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Gram-positive bacteria observed belong to two taxonomic groupings; Firmicutes,...
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