Bacterial chemotaxis: Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Sinorhizobium meliloti - Variations on a theme?

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3671-3682

  Armitage, Judith P ^a   Schmitt, Rudiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Flagella; Motility; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Sinorhizobium (Rhizobium) meliloti

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLUM; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031437603     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3671     Document Type: Review

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