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Taxonomic and Ecologic Studies of Diazotrophic Rhizosphere Bacteria Using Phylogenetic Probes

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Azospirillum VI and Related Microorganisms

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIG,volume 37))

Abstract

The phylogenetic relationships between diazotrophic rhizosphere bacteria were studied using 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA sequences. Certain stretches of the rRNA sequences are variable enough to provide information for the development of diagnostic probes at the species level for the five Azospirillum spp., Acetobacter diazotrophicus, Herbaspirillum seropedica, H. rubrisubalbicans and „isolate E“-bacteria. The brasilian „isolate E“- type bacteria, which reside inside roots, stems and leaves of several plants, could be grouped into the beta-subgroup of proteobacteria. According to their 16S rRNA sequences they belong to the genus Burkholderia. Recently isolated diazotrophic bacteria from the C4-plants Miscanthus sinensis and Spartina pectinata were identified as Azospirillum lipoferum and Herbaspirillum-like bacteria.

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the brazilian german scientific & technological research cooperation (project Bra Env 34).

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  1. Institut für Bodenökologie, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Postfach 1129, D-85758, Neuherberg Oberschleißheim, Germany

    Anton Hartmann, Jose Ivo Baldani, Gudrun Kirchhof, Bernhard Aßmus, Peter Hutzler, Nina Springer, Wolfgang Ludwig (Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie), Vera Lucia D. Baldani & Johanna Döbereiner

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  4. Technische Universität München, D-80290, München, Germany

    Nina Springer & Wolfgang Ludwig (Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie)

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    Istvàn Fendrik

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Hartmann, A. et al. (1995). Taxonomic and Ecologic Studies of Diazotrophic Rhizosphere Bacteria Using Phylogenetic Probes. In: Fendrik, I., del Gallo, M., Vanderleyden, J., de Zamaroczy, M. (eds) Azospirillum VI and Related Microorganisms. NATO ASI Series, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79906-8_47

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