Exopolysaccharide II production is regulated by salt in the halotolerant strain Rhizobium meliloti EFB1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1024-1028

  Lloret, Javier ^a   Wulff, Brande B H ^a   Rubio, Jose M ^a   Downie, J Allan ^b   Bonilla, Ildefonso ^a   Rivilla, Rafael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE II; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031886487     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.1024-1028.1998     Document Type: Article

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