Involvement of the exopolysaccharide alginate in the virulence and epiphytic fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 712-720

  Yu, Jing ^a   Penaloza Vázquez, Alejandro ^a   Chakrabarty, Ananda M ^b   Bender, Carol L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BEAN; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOMATO;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALGINATES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MUTATION; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032811649     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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