Colonization pattern of the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas chlororaphis MA 342 on barley seeds visualized by using green fluorescent protein

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3674-3680

  Tombolini, Riccardo ^a   Van Der Gaag, Dirk Jan ^b   Gerhardson, Berndt ^b   Jansson, Janet K ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BARLEY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS;

PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS;

EID: 0032795448     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3674-3680.1999     Document Type: Article

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