Mapping of sugar and amino acid availability in soil around roots with bacterial sensors of sucrose and tryptophan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2685-2690

  Jaeger III, C H ^a   Lindow, S E ^b   Miller, W ^b   Clark, E ^c   Firestone, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Department of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TRYPTOPHAN;

BIOINDICATOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RHIZOSPHERE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSENSOR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ERWINIA; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE;

AVENA BARBATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARBATA; ERWINIA; ERWINIA HERBICOLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 0032974721     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2685-2690.1999     Document Type: Article

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