title: Joint immobilization of plant growth-promoting bacteria and green microalgae in alginate beads as an experimental model for studying plant-bacterium interactions.
abstract: A simple, quantitative experimental model, offering a convenient and basic approach to studies of plant-bacterium interactions, is proposed. This involves immobilizing a unicellular, freshwater microalga, a Chlorella species, serving as the plant, with a plant growth-promoting bacterium, an Azospirillum species, in small alginate beads to allow close interaction and to avoid external interference from bacterial contaminants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
authors.forename: Luz E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: de-Bashan
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bashan
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates; D016949:Azospirillum / Q000502:physiology*; D018914:Cells, Immobilized; D002708:Chlorella / Q000502:physiology*; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D020723:Glucuronic Acid
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