Root colonization by Agrobacteriurn tumefaciens is reduced in cel, attB, attD, and attR mutants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2341-2345

  Matthysse, Ann G ^a   Mcmahan, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOMATO; TRANSPOSON; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0031595993     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2341-2345.1998     Document Type: Article

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