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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Plant Cell Environ. 2013 Dec 1;37(4):813–826. doi: 10.1111/pce.12220

Table 2. Re-isolation of bacteria from different parts of 10-day-old healthy maize seedlings.

Strain for
inoculation
Surface
treatment
Re-isolatation on Rifampicin medium
Leaves Sheath Seeds Root
None Sterilized
Rif− Sterilized
Rif+ Sterilized + +
Rif− Disinfected +
Rif+ Disinfected + + +