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| Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/tgtre/article/1999nov4.pdf
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| Author(s): | Drahos, David J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Group Leader, Research and Development, Sybron Biochemical Division |
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| Title: | Not all microbes are created equal: Identifying beneficial ones |
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| Section: | Biological control
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| Source: | TurfGrass TRENDS. Vol. 8, No. 11, November 1999, p. 4-6. |
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| Publishing Information: | Cleveland, OH: Advanstar Communications |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Biological control organisms; Genetic markers; DNA; Proteins; Identification; Enzymes; Soil microorganisms
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses methods that may help turf managers identify beneficial soil microbes. Explains that "both plants and soil microbes seek to function in symbiotic relationships...Under ideal conditions, beneficial microbes aid a plant's health and vigor, while the roots provide food to sustain the microbes." Discusses DNA fingerprinting, protein fingerprinting, and enzyme analysis. Suggests that these methods enable "comparative identification of an unknown microbial strain based on its unique fingerprint." Explains that "DNA fingerprinting provides a very powerful tool in the successful application of microbes for environmentally beneficial processes." States that "the protein fingerprinting technique also provides a strong indication of strain identity...For this procedure, cultures of all strains to be tested are first grown in a very defined liquid medium. Care is taken to ensure that samples of growing cultures are taken in the same growth phase for all strains to be compared." Briefly discusses the process of fast enzyme analysis. States that "the ability of key strains to grow on the exudate from plant roots often indicates competitive fitness under the adverse conditions encountered in the sand/soil environment in a typical USGA [United States Golf Association] putting green." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Distributed within Golfdom of same date/year. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Drahos, D. J. 1999. Not all microbes are created equal: Identifying beneficial ones. TurfGrass Trends. 8(11):p. 4-6. |
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