Phenazine antibiotic production in Pseudomonas aureofaciens: Role in rhizosphere ecology and pathogen suppression

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Pierson III, Leland S ^a   Pierson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Competition; Diffusible signals; Gene regulation; Phenazines; Pseudomonas aureofaciens; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PHENAZINE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0029962341     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00489-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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