Endophytic bacterial communities in peels and pulp of five root vegetables.

Plants contain endophytic bacteria, whose communities both influence plant growth and can be an important source of probiotics. Here we used deep sequencing of a 16S rRNA gene fragment and bacterial cultivation to independently characterize the microbiomes of five plant species from divergent taxono...

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Main Authors: Viia Kõiv, Krõõt Arbo, Ülo Maiväli, Veljo Kisand, Märt Roosaare, Maido Remm, Tanel Tenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210542