Characterization and distribution of tartrate utilization genes in the grapevine pathogen Agrobacterium vitis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 401-408

  Salomone, J Y ^a   Crouzet, P ^a   De Ruffray, P ^a   Otten, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

bacterial ecology; crown gall

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VITIS;

EID: 0030198501     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0401     Document Type: Article

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