Ecology of root colonizing Massilia (Oxalobacteraceae).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ecologically meaningful classification of bacterial populations is essential for understanding the structure and function of bacterial communities. As in soils, the ecological strategy of the majority of root-colonizing bacteria is mostly unknown. Among those are Massilia (Oxalobacteraceae), a major group of rhizosphere and root colonizing bacteria of many plant species.

Methodology/principal findings

The ecology of Massilia was explored in cucumber root and seed, and compared to that of Agrobacterium population, using culture-independent tools, including DNA-based pyrosequencing, fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative real-time PCR. Seed- and root-colonizing Massilia were primarily affiliated with other members of the genus described in soil and rhiz

SUBMITTER: Ofek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3394795 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature