Starvation-induced changes in motility, chemotaxis, and flagellation of Rhizobium meliloti

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1708-1714

  Wei, Xueming ^a   Bauer, Wolfgang D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLOLEUCINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLA; MOTILITY; RHIZOBIA;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STARVATION;

NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031833520     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1708-1714.1998     Document Type: Article

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