Community Composition of Gram-Positive Bacteria Associated with Rice and Their Antagonists Against the Pathogens of Sheath Blight and Bakanae Disease of Rice
A survey on screening and identification of gram-positive bacteria was conducted during 1998-2004. Seven hundred and fifty-six rice samples were collected from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian and Yunnan Provinces, China. Over 1000 bacterial isolates were isolated and tested with colony morphology, pathogenicity, and some characteristics of bacteriology including Gram staining, fluorescent pigment on Kings medium B and microscopic observation for endospore. Together with 5 standard reference strains, 74 representa...