Bacterial chemotactic motility is important for the initiation of wheat root colonization by Azospirillum brasilense

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2599-2606

  Vande Broek, Ann ^a   Lambrecht, Mark ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; GUS reporter system; Plant root association; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031716606     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2599     Document Type: Article

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