Adhesion of Pasteuria penetrans to the cuticle of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) inhibited by fibronectin: A study of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-559

  Davies, K G ^a   Afolabi, P ^b   O'Shea, P ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Biological control; Cuticle; Electrostatic potential; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Hydrophobic surface; Nematoda Meloidogyne; Pasteuria

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA PENETRANS;

EID: 0030070148     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066130     Document Type: Article

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