Gnotobiotic system for studying rhizosphere colonization by plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas bacteria

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 600-607

  Simons, Marco ^a   Van Der Bij, Arjan J ^a   Brand, Ineke ^a   De Weger, Letty A ^a   Wijffelman, Carel A ^a   Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colonization mutant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030239369     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0600     Document Type: Article

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