Extracellular polysaccharides and polysaccharide-containing biopolymers from Azospirillum species: Properties and the possible role in interaction with plant roots

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Skvortsov, Igor M ^a   Ignatov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Azospirillum plant root interaction; Extracellular polysaccharide; Lipopolysaccharide; O specific polysaccharide; Polysaccharide complex

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0032464401     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00273-0     Document Type: Review

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