Pseudomonas fluorescens Tn5-B20 mutant RA92 responds to carbon limitation in soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-71

  Van Overbeek, Leonard S ^a   Van Elsas, Jan D ^a   Van Veen, Johannes A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon limitation; Carbon starvation induced promoter; Reporter gene; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REPORTER GENE; SOIL; STARVATION;

EID: 0030769035     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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