Modification of rhizobacterial populations by engineering bacterium utilization of a novel plant-produced resource

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Savka, Michael A ^a   Farrand, Stephen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Opine concept; Pseudomonads; Rhizosphere ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT TUMORS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SYMBIOSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0031000040     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0497-363     Document Type: Article

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