Molecular approaches to soil, rhizosphere and plant microorganism analysis /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Agricultural microbiology > Technique.; Soil microbiology > Technique.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Soil Biology.; Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Streptomyces.; Streptomycetaceae.; Biogeochemistry.; Denitrification.; Denitrifying microorganisms.; Ectomycorrhizas.; Endomycorrhizas.; Gene expression.; Genetic markers.; Genomics.; Iron.; Microbial ecology.; Microbial flora.; Microorganisms.; Molecular genetics.; Molecular genetics techniques.; Mycorrhizal fungi.; Mycorrhizas.; Nitrification.; Nitrifying bacteria.; Nitrogen fixation.; Nitrogen fixing bacteria.; Nodulation.; Plant pathogenic bacteria.; Plant pathogens.; Rhizosphere.; Rhizosphere bacteria.; Root nodules.; Sulfur.; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas.; Electronic books.
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 This book comprises a comprehensive collection of molecular methods for studying microorganisms that occur in the soil or that are associated with plants, at the community, population, taxonomic and functional group levels. It contains 16 chapters encompassing most techniques that are currently available for these purposes, and offers analyses of their respective strengths and limitations. In doing so, it provides a critical and comparative basis upon which an informed choice of technique can be made. It covers molecular based approaches for research on a wide range of microorganisms, including important contributors to biogeochemical cycles such as nitrifiers, denitrifiers and sulfur and iron oxidizers, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, streptomycetes, symbiotic root nodule bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi, as well as plant pathogenic bacteria. By presenting a variety of modern molecular techniques in a single source, the book allows a prospective researcher to select a method that is most appropriate for a particular research requirement. It will be of significant interest to those involved in the fields of soil and plant microbiology, microbial ecology and plant pathology.