Use of a lux-based procedure to rapidly visualize root colonisation by Pseudomonas fluorescens in the wheat rhizosphere

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-372

  De Weger, Letty A ^a   Kuiper, Irene ^a   Van Der Bij, Arjan J ^a   Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Pseudomonas; Root colonization; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL MOTILITY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOYBEAN;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030680986     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000565413024     Document Type: Article

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