Tn5-induced and spontaneous switching of Sinorhizobium meliloti to faster-swarming behavior

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1228-1235

  Wei, Xueming ^a   Bauer, Wolfgang D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FLAVONOID; SUGAR ACID;

BACTERIUM; SWARMING;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERTANT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0033059654     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1228-1235.1999     Document Type: Article

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