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<journal-id>0253-5785</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Centro Agrícola]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ctro. Agr.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0253-5785</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Feijóo, Universidad Central de Las Villas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0253-57852019000200005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización serológica y molecular de la cepa 8-INICA de Azospirillum brasilense utilizada en la biofertilización de la caña de azúcar]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Molecular and Serological Characterization of Azospirillum strain 8-INICA employed in sugarcane biofertilization]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juana Mercedes]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[San Juan Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Nelis]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Tortora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Laura]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Vera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucia]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Casas González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Investigaciones de la Caña de Azúcar  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Boyeros La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Cubano de Derivados de la Caña de Azúcar  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quivican Mayabeque]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Tucumán]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>5</fpage>
<lpage>12</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0253-57852019000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0253-57852019000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0253-57852019000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Las bacterias del género Azospirillum producen efectos beneficiosos en el crecimiento de las plantas y el rendimiento de los cultivos, debido a su capacidad de fijar el nitrógeno atmosférico y de producir sustancias estimuladoras del crecimiento. En Cuba, se utiliza de manera satisfactoria en la biofertilización de la caña de azúcar y otros cultivos económicos la cepa 8-INICA de Azospirillum sp. Su caracterización morfológica y bioquímica, indicó similitud con la especie A. brasilense. Por la importancia de esta cepa en la continuidad de las labores de biofertilización que se ejecutan en el país, el objetivo del trabajo fue corroborar la identidad de la misma mediante el empleo de técnicas inmunológicas y moleculares.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Azospirillum is a bacterium that produces growth and yields increments due to its capacity of fix atmospheric nitrogen and to produce phytohormones. In Cuba, the 8-INICA strain of Azospirillum sp. has been used successfully in sugarcane biofertilization and others economical crops. The morphological and biochemical characterization of this stain showed similarity with the species A. brasilense. Due to the importance of this strain in the biofertilization works carried out in our country, the aim of this paper was to confirm the identity of this strain through immunoenzymatic and molecular techniques.]]></p></abstract>
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